The Weight of Society
Obesity is sometimes referred to by a social contagion, but the implications of that are often not fully appreciated.
Monthly Archive: October 2023
2nd Circuit Appeals Court Remands Khan v. Yale to Lower Court
Quasi-Judicial hearings require the core elements of due process
The Party of No
The problem here is that one side doesn’t want to get along. One side wants to hold its breath until it gets its way or it will take its ball and go home.
From Matt Yglesias: Israel, Palestine, and the need for principled free speech
Israel, Palestine, and the need for principled free speech
The Alaska Airlines Attack
In Aviation news, on Monday an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot decided to try to kill everyone on board his flight.
So, Now What House GOP?
Day 20 with no Speaker of the House starts off with Republicans not only far away from electing a new one, but with nine candidates – and maybe more – to sort through.
From The New York Times: Editors’ Note: Gaza Hospital Coverage
On Oct. 17, The New York Times published news of an explosion at a hospital in Gaza City, leading its coverage with claims by Hamas government officials that an Israeli airstrike was the cause and that hundreds of people were dead or injured.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
A choose your own adventure, of sorts.
POETS Day! Fourteeners
“Fourteeners” is what you call iambic heptameter when it’s at home. It’s a fourteen-syllable poetic line divvied up into seven feet of paired syllables, unstressed followed by stressed.
Weekend Plans Post: They Have Stopped Making My Preferred Detergent
In which Jaybird rants about progress.
Powell’s Gulty Plea is Bad News for Trump
Sidney Powell deserves much more justice than she got today, but it’s encouraging that she is being punished for what amounts to an attack on American democracy itself.
From The HuffPost: More Than 400 Capitol Hill Staffers Call For Cease-Fire In Gaza
The letter was signed anonymously.
