T1 – 004: Three Cadaver
We detached the sternocleidomastoid and infrahyoid muscles from their sternal and clavicular insertions. Then, I took a manual bonesaw and cut through the clavicles at their midlengths…
Author: Christopher Carr
The Meaning of a Word is its Use in the Language.
Christopher Carr questions the need for the new GED to test for arcane rules of grammar.
My review of Capitalism this Holiday season, or: Cancel Comcast and don’t rent a car from Avis
Christopher reviews Capitalism’s winners and losers from this past Holiday season.
Stupid Tuesday Questions: La Bouche Edition
It was a dark and stormy night. My Pandora station based on Europe’s The Final Countdown could have gone in any direction…
The Problem of Doing
in which I attempt clumsily to reconcile liberalism with libertarianism and move on
A Hagelian Dialectic
Via Shane Harris, on the resignation of defense secretary Chuck Hagel: “Hagel wasn’t brought in to tackle these crises, and some defense sources say he simply wasn’t up to it. The presumption at the...
The Affordable Care Act One Year Later
The New York Times has a new report: the Affordable Care Act seems to be making steady progress against the problem of uninsured Americans. This is despite Republican obstructionism of Medicaid expansion.
by Christopher Carr
T1 – 003: Two Cadaver
by Christopher Carr, the second part of a series on the dissection of human cadavers
T1 – 002: One Cadaver
by Christopher Carr, the first part of a series on the dissection of human cadavers
Linky Friday #72
Linky Friday: categories this week are sports and culture, art and nature, economics and politics, and war and peace.
Incarcerated with the madness
Abby Haglage has an article at the Daily Beast on the shocking number of incarcerated prisoners with mental health issues: In a new study by Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC), a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating barriers to treating...
Frum Many, One
In a piece called “Robots Undercut the Case for More Immigrants” (seriously), David Frum argues that we shouldn’t let too many immigrants into the country because they will just be replaced by robots and therefore languish in intractable poverty.
This is wrong.
Punishment Capital
Jeffrey Toobin writes of the death penalty: “The oxymoronic quest for humane executions only accentuates the absurdity of allowing the death penalty in a civilized society. It’s understandable that Supreme Court Justices have...
