Let’s Save America with Civility
I like the intellectual stimulation of a good discussion, but I also like to avoid discussions that degenerate into a shouting match.
Monthly Archive: August 2023
Paternalism as Government Policy
The federal government does not exist to take care of us. Why would you think it does? The social contract! The what now? The thing invented by socialists/progressives/communists/other groups that basically all mean the...
Open Mic for the week of 8/21/2023
On this day in 1911 Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by three Italian handymen
The Biscuit of Diversity
This, certain folks on the interwebs will tell you, is the true creeping destruction of America. Bless their maladjusted little hearts…
Sunday Morning! “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s play about political speech and the violence that underlies it raises questions about Caesar and democracy that we’ll likely never answer fully.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Book of Hours
The long-awaited sequel to Cultist Simulator is finally here!
POETS Day! Elizabethan Carpentry
The Elizabethan conception of poetry was tied to music more closely than ours is so in it words bent to song.
Beware the Nuts
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. People like Donald Trump and Mike Cernovich seemed determined to spread that misery around to more of the Delberts on the right.
Weekend Plans Post: Learning to Tell Them Apart
You know how your grandparents went through 2-3 names before getting to yours? It’s kinda like that, sometimes.
Thursday Throughput: HELA Edition
There are more HeLa cells out there than there were in Lacks entire body. The problem is that none of this was consented to by Lacks or her family and they never received a dime from it.
Columbia Up And Left Kabul
Scattered thoughts and unanswered questions two years after the destruction and death in Kabul and America’s withdraw from Afghanistan.
For Republicans, It’s Time to Panic
Republicans should panic. And they should feel guilty because the problem they are facing is one of their own making.
All the President’s Charges: On Donald Trump and Pounding The Table
The last of four major indictments of Donald Trump finally dropped this week, assuming he hasn’t committed any crimes in the last 48 hours.
