The Old Fools by Philip Larkin What do they think has happened, the old fools, To make...
Erik Kain
Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the contributor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.
So the story of Mitchell Heisman’s suicide is bizarre in a way that most suicides are not...
If God cannot prove His omnipotence (or infinity) to human beings because they are neither omnipotent or...
A blogger at the Village Voice who goes by the name ‘Roy Edroso’ (call me crazy but...
So the roasting and toasting of Andrew Sullivan and the Daily Dish is well underway. I’ll add...
Ned Resnikoff poses a pretty intriguing question at his blog: How could a Deity prove its omnipotence?...
I’ve enjoyed both of Mark’s posts (part one and part two) on the Obion Fire Controversy a...
Robin Hanson’s post on “Type A and Type B” people (or foragers vs. farmers) is like a...
I enjoyed both Jason’s and William’s takes on the cruelty of high school (of course, any grade...
John Hood, writing at The Corner, grumbles about the shuttering of Principal Financial’s health insurance division. This...
Kevin Williamson speaks truth to power. Or to Andy McArthy. Either way, it’s awesome: Whatever kind of...
“In some ways, the ‘night watchman’ state — the state that enables civil society to develop and...
Jamelle Bouie’s take on the recent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life poll is the best...
Good grief, but this is some extraordinary writing from Ta-Nehisi Coates: For an African-American like me, the...
I was discussing Kevin Drum’s post on falling crime rates in America and the old Freakonomics argument...
Will is absolutely correct to note that the success of the Anglophone and Northern European governance models...
This is quite brilliant (via): Besides, for the people who do inexplicably love pennies, think how much...
So we’re looking at preschool for our daughter – and realizing that it may be too late...
This post on good-governance countries by Scott Sumner is fascinating (via Reihan Salam). People on the left...
This data from the Pew Research Center illustrates just how connected the influx of illegal immigration into...
