After the Fire
NeverTrumpers have to ask themselves an important question: what will they do come November 4th? What happens when and if Trump loses?
Category: ICYMI
The Economics of Video Games, Part I: Exclusivity
Video games, much like action figures, are a fascinating example to look at for the application of economic concepts in the real world.
Bombs For Baby Kittens!
Public safety only matters some of the time. I don’t know what to do with that kind of gross disconnect from people sworn to uphold the law.
Thursday Throughput: Galactic Cannibalism Edition
Sagittarius is not being “obliterated”. It’s finishing the process of joining our big happy Galaxy a little faster than we thought.
Always at the Abyss
This reluctance to condemn, this refusal to delineate between protesting and rioting, bears responsibility for what happened in Chicago last night
The Crimson Letter
The world you think you want, if everyone would stay quiet and follow your rules, will not be implemented without an astronomical cost in human life.
We Deserve Donald Trump
The president has not changed in the least bit over the last eight months. We have no new information…The only thing that changed is that we are mad.
Country Roads, Take Me Home
If you choose to rely upon Google, Verizon, and/or Samsung products as an aid to road navigation, do yourself a favor and verify the route using traditional methods.
Joker’s Wild: Reconsidering My Criticism of Joker
My criticism did not happen to apply…Joker is outstanding, insightful, and may very well be one of the most important movies of the 21st century.
On Not Wanting to Rest Content
When the George Floyd incident first happened, you could almost feel where this was going. With the release of the bodycam footage, here we are.
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Only Politics Stays U.S. Postal Service From Their Appointed Rounds
Cutting US Postal Service hours and services for cities that are overwhelmed by mail only makes sense if your purpose is partisan.
Downvote: Spotify’s Assault on Artists
For those of you that are unfamiliar, Spotify operates on the most unsustainable economic model in probably the known universe
For Want of a President: On the British Parliament and the Executive
It is the implementation of Brexit upon which contradictions that lay within Britain’s constitutional framework were most apparent
MovieBob Syndrome
What is MovieBob Syndrome? It is a person who ascribes far more worth and influence to themselves than they actually have. This is narcissism on steroids.
What is Democracy’s Selling Proposition with Respect to China?
There is no moral equivalency between the United States government and China’s government. But how do we package those differences in a convincing manner?
The Economics of Action Figures Part I: Value
The action figure market is one of the best case studies in the economic concept of value. Value is inherently an individual and subjective beast.
Making a Difference: How To Communicate About Using Masks for COVID
The rules were developed because they work, not because I think they ought to work or because I read somewhere that they should work.
Barbarians at the Gate: Credentialism and Loving Gatekeeping, Under Certain Circumstances…
Credentialism is a game whose rules are arbitrary and subject to change at any time…And it just gets worse every generation.
