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Linky Friday #152: Russian History
This Week: Russia, Media, Housing, Resources, Gender, and History!
Walking The Plank To The GOP Nomination
No matter what happens on Monday, this is how I will always remember 2015.
We’ll Always Have Apple
Ethan Gach pokes fun at our seemingly bizarre devotion to Apple on the eve of its new product reveal.
In Which I Change My Mind About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Burt Likko was going to offer a mild criticism of The Notorious RBG. Then he thought again.
A Vast Silence
The New York Times ran a story that took Burt Likko’s breath away in outrage when he read it last night. But apparently, he’s pretty much the only one.
Game of Thrones: Nasty, Brutish, and Short
I can tell you what Game of Thrones is good at but not why we seem to like it so much.
The Right Path, Part II: Nate Silver and the Delegitimisation of Traditional Journalism and Objective Data
“Data that contradicts the Ideology is a lie; institutions that publish such data are the enemy; those individuals who consider such data are heretics.”
A Steam Machine in Every Home
Last year around this time I would have given anything to get my hands on a Steam Machine, but now that it’s becoming a reality, I’m struggling to remember why I was ever excited about it.
Beating the Drums for Intervention with Syria
Everyone wants to offer the President advice on what the U.S. should do about Syria, but no one has any clue how their plans would work or why.
Human life is not too controversial
The rhetorical case for protecting the unborn has succeeded. The debate is over. It would be, that is, had the Supreme Court not issued – in Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s own words – a “difficult to justify,” “heavy-handed judicial intervention” in Roe v. Wade 40 years ago. Today, nearly two-thirds of Americans support making abortion generally illegal after the first three months of pregnancy. A staggering four-fifths support bans in the last three months. So if the pro-choice movement is […]
It’s All Over: Chris Hayes Moves to Prime Time
According to the New York Times, Chris Hayes will be replacing Ed Schultz as the 8PM lead-in to Rachel Maddow’s program on MSNBC.
Sailing Away to Irrelevance, Epilogue: In Which the GOP is Finally and Inevitably Made Irrelevant
Two weeks ago, while almost no one was watching, Rick Santorum and the conservative media pulled off an historic, astounding and quite literal coup. They did this with the tiniest of acts: organizing to...
In Which I Dissect One Harvard Professor’s Tabloid Cover Story (…At Length)
I won’t waste time giving you the context. Niall Ferguson wrote the cover story for Newsweek’s August 19th issue. It is an affront to sound reasoning, intellectual curiosity, and charitable discourse. Here’s why.
Sports Media And (Incredibly Mild) Critique Is Making Me So Low
Hope Solo is angry. Although her team had won 3-0 today against an undersized Colombia, Brandi Chastain, an NBC commentator for the match, had criticized one of the team’s defenders. Solo, who counts on...
Let us be pedantical for all love! Pt1 – When was Jack Aubrey Born?
Dear reader if you are anything like me you may on occasion grow tired of dealing with the daily inanity of what has come to be termed the political media. So for my next...
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