SCOTUS Does Not Exist to Please You, Especially Amy Coney Barrett
Justice Amy Coney Barrett has independent legal judgment, which she exercises accordingly. This, apparently, is a problem for many.
Category: Feature
Incoherency Doesn’t Mean It Can’t Work
Just because it doesn’t make sense to voters, doesn’t mean it won’t make sense to those whom the message is meant for.
POETS Day! Dryden and Marvell were Mean Girls
Dryden didn’t exactly cover himself in glory picking on Flecknoe as he did, publishing four years after the latter’s death. Not strictly ballroom.
No Country For Young Men? Nah, It’s Time to Grow Up
This is not an easy world in which to be a young man, but it is no excuse for listlessness, wanton rage, or a festering disdain for women.
The Real First 100 Days
Americans should expect more from leaders, on both sides, to recognize the moments they’re in and apply some course correction as needed.
Congress and Changes to the Indirect Cost Rate for NIH Grants
Congress has the opportunity to assert itself in addressing the question of what the appropriate indirect cost rate for NIH grants is.
POETS Day! Talkin’ Chaucer at the Godsibbing Fense
Chaucer is assumed to have died in 1400…I say assumed, because there were no dates on his grave at Westminster until someone added them in 1566.
In Times Without Norms, All Laws Fall Silent
Laws have no power over us, except for the power we give them. And they can be easy to work around for those possessing the shamelessness.
97th Oscars Projections: And The Oscar Goes To…
For the first time since at least 2021, we’re heading into Oscar night with a genuine debate over which film will take home the biggest prize of them all.
Em’s Top Five True Crime Podcast Recommendations
Unfortunately, because of the genre’s popularity, there is a lot of junk out there. Here are my top five true crime podcast recommendations
POETS Day! William Makepeace Thackeray
Financially and domestically, promise and hope were dashed. The world did not unfold as hoped. He wrote several poems along the same lines
Musk vs Gore
DOGE? No, I’m jumping in the Wayback Machine and talking about the National Partnership for Reinventing Government (NPR)
Series! Recap of World Series of the 1920s
Why not go back to the Roaring 20s, the age of flappers, bathtub gin, and the Babe? It was 100 years ago now, but that hardly matters in baseball.
On a Roll in Toronto
It has been a bad year for the airlines. And that’s not the first time that I’ve written that in 2025
Top 10 Films of 2024
Last year saw fewer releases from the old guard – the master filmmakers – but that provided an opportunity for new voices – or voices new to general audiences – to emerge.
Bull-DOGEing Government
There are a lot of questions surrounding Elon Musk and DOGE. At the moment, I have far more questions than answers.
Beware: Promises Being Kept
I could easily forgive Donald Trump for not keeping his promises. What I can’t excuse is following through on bad ideas.
POETS Day! Leigh Hunt
From what I’ve read, Hunt seems fun loving, blithe, and inconsiderate, but not malicious. Impish.
Thursday Throughput: Doomsday Rock Edition
You may have heard an asteroid is headed our way? Do we need to worry? The short answer is no. The long answer is in this week’s video:
