Wednesday Writs: In Which Em Goes A’Linking
Wednesday Writs, Ordinary Times weekly legal feature by Em Carpenter, is back with links to legal stories to read, share, and discuss.
Monthly Archive: February 2021
Illinois Eliminates Cash Bail
Illinois legislatively eliminates cash bail system with Governor J.B. Pritzker signing a sweeping criminal justice reform package into law.
Animated Graphic: The Largest Armies in the World 1816-2020
Watch the ebb and flow of the world’s military powers.
Beaks & Ballots: The Penguin, Politics, and Populism
Gotham was never the same after The Penguin gained an interest in politics. Neither was politics, for that matter.
From Thomas Frank in Le Monde diplomatique: Can President Joe Biden mend a torn America?
Thomas Frank (author of What’s the Matter with Kansas?) writes in Le Monde diplomatique: It is the ‘duty’ of American citizens, President Joe Biden announced in his inaugural address last week, to ‘defend the...
It’s Time to Play the Music, Light the Lights, Flag The Muppet Show Content
You have probably heard that a handful of The Muppet Show episodes have been given a disclaimer at the beginning of the show.
The Memorabilia Which Shape Me
This was certainly a memorable occasion for me, but it belongs in a closet full of memorabilia, events just like that, all crowding forward
Perseverance Video
What you’re seeing is a stunning feat of engineering and human endeavor. Let’s hope the Perseverance video just a taste of what’s to come.
Dominion Sues Mike Lindell: Read It For Yourself
The long-expected lawsuit from Dominion against MyPillow CEO and election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell has finally dropped.
Supreme Court Orders: Read It For Yourself
The Supreme Court Orders for today has Cy Vance getting his Trump subpoena, SCOTUS not hearing Pennsylvania voting case, and more
Let’s Talk About Text
Ordinarily, handwriting is not on my top ten list of “Fun Stuff to Talk About.” but, something about this was different.
Ordinary World: Missing President’s Day Edition
President’s Day is technically not even named President’s Day, and was last week, but let us take what we can get
Sunday Morning! Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust (pt.1)
Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust: In which the love that dare not speak its name finally speaks- at great length.
Game of Thrones: Bad Romance
Game of Thrones has lots of coitus and very little of what leads into it, except when it’s rapey, in which case we see it in exacting detail
Saturday Morning Gaming: Troubleshooter
Troubleshooter is for people who loved XCom 2. There. I mean, I don’t want to call it a *CLONE* but if someone did I wouldn’t argue.
Birding: Among the Birds of the Mitten
That auditory component, hearing along with seeing, is a big part of why birding is a thing while, say, insecting isn’t.
