Monthly Archive: July 2024
President Biden Addresses the Nation Regarding Not Seeking Re-election
The full, uncut remarks by President Joe Biden as he declines to seek re-election for you to watch and discuss.
Eton’s Ethically Equivocal Entrance Exam Essay
Students seeking entry to one of Britain’s most prestigious secondary schools were asked a morally difficult question.
The Next Candidate To Be Dumped?
Trump and the GOP may not be thrilled with JD Vance, but they are stuck with him. And if Trump loses again, Vance will be a convenient scapegoat.
Democrats in Array as Harris Consolidates Support
An uneasy electorate is an unreliable electorate, so aggression to get the Democratic Party base assured that hope is back on the menu is warranted
The Case for Gratitude That Joe Biden Stepped Down
If we want good things to happen, we must show gratitude for them when they do happen, as often as we show disdain for bad things
Updated: Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigns
However bad you think Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s testimony before an unamused Oversight Committee went, it was probably worse
Living in Interesting Times
I think the move to nudge Biden aside is a good one and interesting from a historical perspective. It will probably be a trivia question
President Biden Drops Out, Endorses Vice President Harris
Joe Biden is out, Kamala Harris is in, and Trump recalibrates as the 2024 presidential election changes with 105 days to go, Discuss
On Civil War
A movie about how journalists who know nothing would imagine journalism to be during what they imagine a Civil War in the US would look like.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Assassin’s Creed 2: The Ezio Collection
The *BEST* Assassin’s Creed is available for less than $20.
POETS Day! Harriet Monroe
Harriet Monroe published the Imagiste’s do’s and don’ts in 1913: direct treatment of the thing, no superfluities, a music phrase.
Throughput: COVID Blogger Edition
To hell with the government of China whose lies and cover-ups blocked any chance we had of containing this virus
The Case For MM-DD-YYYY
There are two arguments in favor of the international DD-MM-YYYY format, one intuitive but bad and the other thoughtful and good.
