Daily Archive: April 8, 2021

Culture / Weekend

April 8, 2021

Weekend Plans Post: Champing at the Bit

We’re just going to clamp down and gut it out and get to next weekend. We are thiiiiiis close.

Joe Biden

Government / Politics

April 8, 2021

President Biden Executive Actions On Gun Control: Read It For Yourself

President Biden announced six executive actions on gun control to address what he called the “public health crisis” of gun violence.

Spheres of Influence

Culture / Podcasts

April 8, 2021

OT Contributor Network: New Spheres of Influence Podcast from Dennis Sanders

Our friend and long-time Ordinary Times contributor Dennis Sanders has his latest Spheres of Influence Podcast episode up

Standard Model

Feature / Science and Technology

April 8, 2021

Mini-Throughput: A Crack in the Standard Model?

Knowing the Standard Model doesn’t explain everything…is everything: gravity, dark energy and ultimately the fate of the Universe itself

Clare Briggs / Comics

April 8, 2021

Oh Man! The Outrage

The plight of the successful investors.

Editor Picks

Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine Vandals

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James Joyce's Ulysse

POETS Day! On James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Few Poems Thrown In

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