The Content of our Discontent
President Biden Announces 2024 Reelection Run, Pundits Hardest Hit
Spare a thought for the death of political punditry’s dream booking of the 2024 presidential election. Joe Biden is officially running.
What is a National Divorce?
National divorce is loser talk. It only comes out when Republicans lose elections. If Republicans win, talk of national divorce disappears.
Religious Liberty Returns to the Supreme Court
Religious liberty was back at the Supreme Court over a postal worker who felt that working on Sunday violated his religious beliefs.
Social Conservatives Understand Economics Poorly
I keep seeing this meme from social conservatives, and it is so wrong-headed it makes me grind my teeth. First, and probably the least negative impact, is that government has no constitutional authority to...
Sunday Morning! “The Solar Circus” by Gustave Khan
A “lost” symbolist classic by Gustave Khan about a dreamer throwing himself into “life” and running away to join the circus.
Saturday Morning Gaming: The Debt I Owe Elden Ring
It took Elden Ring to teach me “Yeah, you can walk away. Come back later.”And having done that, I’ve found that Horizon: Zero Dawn is a really good game!
Rapidly Scheduled Assembly Throughput
Summoning up all the knowledge of my 30 in astrophysics and fourteen years in spacecraft operations, I can explain it thusly: Sh*t ‘sploded.
POETS Day! Li Bai, Ernest Fenollosa, and Ezra Pound
Li Bia, who Ernest Fenollosa and Ezra Pound refer to as Rihaku as he is known in Japan, was born in 701 A.D.
Tanking the Economy Won’t Help the GOP
My question to the Speaker is what are you going to do when you ram this through and Senate Republicans can’t carry it anywhere?
Not French Onion Dip
We fast track that kind of thing, and for good reason. French onion dip is delicious. This onion dip is preferable.
GOP Elites Should Blame Themselves for Trump’s Popularity
The Republican elites missed their chance to stop Trump and they don’t really want to stop him anyway if it means a Democrat will win (again).
New York City, For We Are Many
Is it wholly representative? I argue that it is. If you come to New York City, and only New York City, you have truly been to America.