TPM Goes Abroad, Inadvertently Demonstrates What’s the Matter with Kansas
How we spend out vacations is a matter of taste, means, and experience. It is not a sign of who is and is not lesser.
Author: Tod Kelly
French authorities miss the memo on Charlie Hebdo being about free speech.
Or: Why Daniel Tosh should thanks his lucky stars he didn’t grow up in Paris.
“You exterminate them, and you leave behind smoking building and crying widows.”
Predictably, the backlash against the horrific Charlie Hebdo massacre is leading to mainstream demands to declare all Muslims the Enemy.
The Monsters Are Always Due on Maple Street
Because of the very true — but very impoliitc — realization that, at certain times and with certain topics, we are our own worst enemy.
The BCS Playoffs Are Laughing In the Face of your Common Knowledge
This year, the BCS Championship Game will be played by two teams that would have been denied entry in the old common-knowledge-based system.
The Inevitable Result of New Journalism
Charles Johnson’s wild success at becoming the latest Folk Hero/Bad Boy D’Jour isn’t happening despite the latest trends in journalism. It’s happening because he’s better at them than everyone else.
The Plasticity of Memory, Indeed: Some quick reflections of the call to charge Ferguson eyewitnesses with perjury
The latest conservative talking point regarding Ferguson, via Rudy Giuliani, is a call for eyewitnesses who testified for the prosecution to be charged with perjury.
Which, says Tod, is a good excuse to take a closer look at what eyewitness testimony really is.
Judging the Guilty in Ferguson
For the majority of Americans outraged by the tragic shooting of Michael Brown, last week’s grand jury decision in Ferguson was worse than unjust.
It was inconvenient.
How to Make the Easiest, Cheapest, and Most Delicious Bread You’ve Ever Tasted
No kneading, no special equipment, and less than ten minutes labor.
Tod’s method for making bread is the perfect gourmet recipe for someone that has never set foot in a kitchen before in their life… and for everyone else , too.
How to Succeed at Business Without (kind of) Even Trying
If you’re looking for meaningful work that pays well, chances are you’re doing it wrong.
Try this method instead.
Talk to Me Like I’m Stupid: “The sky is (not) falling!” Edition
Help me understand: Are we in bad times or boom times, economically speaking?
And why is it that those here who argue hardest that we should tear the current system down are the ones saying “boom,” and vice-versa?
Re-coupling Productivity and Wages: A Post-Election Bleg for the Hive Mind
The best post-election analysis for Democrats has come from Josh Marshall at TPM. Unfortunately, that same analysis leads to some difficult, hard-to-answer questions about re-coupling productivity and wages.
And so I turn those questions over to you, dear reader.
Mirror, Mirror: The Gilmore Girls, Knocked Up, and Criticism in the Internet Age
Seriously, what were the odds the Gilmore Girls Book Club would spawn follow up posts?
Comment Rescue, Purity Edition
“Is there any purity-based objection to something that that people actually wished to do that was a reasonable objection in hindsight?”
Ebola, Risk Management, and the Case for Principled Pragmatism
The national conversation we’re having about ebola might help party leaders get the vote out. It might also increase the risk of an outbreak.
by Tod Kelly
