Drunk Driving and SXSW…
A neat little David Carr piece about my grad school friend Conor Kenny’s experience at the Mohawk Incident a couple days ago. REMINDER: If you’re going to drink, don’t fucking drive.
Author: Nob Akimoto
93 years and a bit of change….
My grandfather, Tamotsu Akimoto died on the 12th. He’d lived through 3 Emperors, a World War, an Olympics in Tokyo (and the approval of another!), and died peacefully in his sleep. His was the...
Tom Cole Warns the Redskins….
Republican Rep Tom Cole is unhappy with the Washington Redskins name and has sent a letter with Senator Cantwell urging them to change it.
Brosplaining Russian Anti-Gay Oppression.
I’m not out to start an intra-blog war. Kazzy isn’t the first one to suggest that the anti-Sochi protests are simply another reclassification of anti-Russia bias. There’s pieces such as the one by Peter Lavelle noting...
A Shintoist’s Guide to the Yasukuni Controversy
After Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit in December, Yasukuni Shrine is once again a focus of international controversy. As the League’s only practicing Shinto, I have decided to put together a short primer on the...
A Fascinating Document.
The White House has released its new “Report and Recommendations of The President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies” today.
Michigan regains lead in “Worst Legislature in the Country” Award….
Despite stiff competition from many state houses and even the US Capitol this season, the Michigan Legislature has managed to pull off a surprise upset in the “Worst Legislature” Bowl by overriding Governor Rick...
Well, it’s not Superman V, but it’s a start.
Six month deal between Iran and P5+1 reached over nuclear program.
So on an odd vein…
…if employers reducing costs by cutting labor costs ala Walmart is laudable, does that make Costco the world’s greatest monster?
Globalization’s Enabler: Mobility
The rapid increase in capital mobility has propelled economic globalization. Labor lags significantly behind in mobility increases. Is this a problem?
Look Guys, If You Really Care About Debt Reduction….
…please stop fucking around with the debt ceiling. The fluctuations in Treasury yields do horrible things to long-term debt servicing. In addition to whatever else this stunt did, it added well over 100 million...
Balance Act: Constitutionalism’s Challenge
Nob looks at the balance act involved in constitutionalism.
*Sigh*
So evidently Edward Snowden sought asylum in a country that’s been doing this stuff. Do we want to take bets on whether or not the contents of his data were used to help beef...
Interns Not Really Employees: Can’t Sue for Harassment.
A symbol of all that is wrong with the current American corporate culture and legal system. This is evidently real, not an Onion headline. And for all the boomers and slightly younger than boomers...
Can the Rest of the World Ignore Congress?
A point of breathless speculation by the international twitterati has been whether or not the US Congress will force the US to default on its credit obligations by refusing to raise its debt limit....
Look, it can’t be both ways…
Dear House Tea Party Caucus, Either the debt-limit is no big deal and therefore you can blow off raising it, or it’s an important thing that can be used as a bargaining chip to...
Freedom of Internet Navigation and Privacy is a US National Interest.
Abusing its power as the custodian of internet traffic is going to cost the US. Why the US should learn the lessons of Pax Brittanica and work to restore the world’s trust as guarantor of data freedom.
War Averted?
…well the civil war’s still going on, but airstrike averted maybe. Everyone seems to get a bit of what they want except the Syrian rebels who are hung out to dry…. Let’s hope this...
