Category: Slow Tuesday Night

I will be offensive. If it’s any consolation, I suspect that we all are, hereabouts.

Prison isn’t just our favorite punishment. It’s also how our justice system determines the truth.

This is your War on Drugs.

It’s far from a perfect measure, but it’s better than what we had before. How’s your state doing?

In a society with a strong central state, you may be treated as an individual. Under the rule of the clan, you’ll get questions like: “Who are your parents?”

Same-sex marriage might mean fewer babies. But how many fewer? It’s actually very hard to tell.

Early that morning, a tiny, not terribly bright idea got lodged in Frank’s head. It happens quite often to the soft-headed. And, unfortunately, Frank was feeling ambitious.

Some public policy implications of bar fight litigation.

Bitcoin’s value has been driven almost entirely by speculation, and I have the graphs to prove it. (Updated, now with another graph!)

On Twitter I was asked to post this recipe, so here it is. It’s among my favorite beers ever, and it’s only available (so far) on tap at our domestic basement bar.

“Older people can sometimes lose their reflexes,” said Mrs. Niece. “And their coordination. I mean, maybe you haven’t, but they do need to check.”

In which manure explains the unholy alliance between big government and big corporations.

Representative Trey Radel (R-FL) pleaded guilty this morning to cocaine possession. As Radel recently voted to drug test all food stamp recipients, the temptation is strong simply to smile and declare that it couldn’t...

Jason Kuznicki looks at rational ignorance in the voting booth.

The phrase “driverless car” is clunky and imprecise. See that parking lot? Those are driverless cars. Ugh. Call them autonomes instead.