Local Gets Things Done!
Lobbying the Federal government for anything is pointless unless you have a very large purse. Now, local is a much more doable route
Monthly Archive: January 2022
Nick Kristof and The Moosylvania of Politics
The situation with Kristof’s residency reminds me a bit of the fictional island of “Mooslyvania” on the old Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
Top Ten Movies of 2021
I checked the math more than once to arrive at 69 movies seen in theaters in the entirety of 2021. Nice. Here are my Top Ten Movies of 2021
Fixing The College Football Postseason
Just another fan’s opinion on how to weave College Football’s bowl tradition with a more robust playoff system.
Sunday Morning! “Hangsaman” by Shirley Jackson
Maybe stories about the post-war suburban idyll only really work if they’re dark and Gothic and frightening and by Shirley Jackson
Abandoned & Malignant Hearts: Life In Prison For Murdering Ahmaud Arbery
Travis McMichael took Arbery’s life with a shotgun, but the murder of Ahmaud started in the abandoned and malignant heart of Greg McMichael
Saturday Morning Gaming: Unravelling A Mystery On The Obra Dinn
The Return of the Obra Dinn: If you’ve been waiting for a game where you can *FINALLY* play an insurance investigator, your wait is over.
My Favorite Movies Of 2021: One Cinephile’s Best Of The Year List
The return of major titles to the release schedule in 2021 made many announce with joy, “The movies are back!”
POETS Day, The Shakespearean Sonnet Edition, #XIX
It was a three paragraph lead in to a punch line that required knowing that Shakespeare spelled his own name fourteen different ways that we know of…
What Joe Biden Needs to Avoid in the 2022 Midterms
Ten months until the midterm election, and the political class has not yet decided what the theme of this election will be
Weekend Plans Post: The Garden Gnomes That Weren’t There
Let me restate: We never purchased nor even ever expressed a desire for garden gnomes. We just sort of started getting them.
Manhattan DA Joins The Progressive Side of Law Enforcement Reform
Police reform is in the usual political doldrums…The battlefront seems to have moved to District Attorneys
Thursday Throughput: Fetal Gene Edition
Parents need to be informed up front that most fetal gene testing positives are false and a negative screen doesn’t necessarily mean anything
BattleBots: High Civilization and Ancient Savagery Expressing The Human Experience
BattleBots gathers people worldwide who use expertise and ingenuity to produce astounding works of engineering…And then smash them to bits.
Why Is China Hosting the Winter Olympics?
As much as we want to blame the IOC for the Winter Olympics, some of the blame falls on civic society for their cynicism and apathy.
