Silent But Deadly: Malaria in WWII
With microbes on our minds, it’s time to talk about one of the gravest threats soldiers in WWII faced — the threat of disease. Military leaders have long known that disease poses an even...
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100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 7: The 1980s
The eighties? This decade’s films attracted me with over-the-top adventure and bone-chilling horror with some comedy mixed in and one drama.
The Day That Comprised The Totality Of Mike’s Bare Knuckle Boxing Career
Humor: “It was at a rest stop outside of Dayton, Ohio that the hunger kicked in. Mike Pence and I were with our roommate Dick Richards buying snack foods and drinks”
Weekend Plans Post: On Shopping
I went to the grocery store. It was everything I had dreamed of and more.
Why Was The 1918 Flu Pandemic Forgotten?
The current COVID-19 pandemic is, in many ways, unprecedented. Joshua Keating at Slate argued that it is the first truly global event, affecting practically the entire world’s population at the same time and in similar ways. Commentators and...
Defenders of the Gold Bikini 3: In Which Leia Swoons and Dies
Women who grew up idolizing Leia in Star Wars wanted something MORE than just Leia swooning and dying from a malignant case of motherhood.
Let Slip the Dogs of Quarantine
Pet adoptions are way, way up. It makes a lot of sense- – what better time to welcome a furry new member to the family than when you’re off work and have plenty of time for the transition?
Gregory and Travis McMichael Arrested in Slaying of Ahmaud Arbery
Ahmaud Arbery was alive in the morning, and dead in the evening, because of a chain of decisions the McMichaels purposefully made.
Torture Numbers and They’ll Confess to Anything
There is something incredibly comforting about looking at some data and thinking “ok, these numbers are illustrating to me the truth of this uncertain and dangerous world in which I live”.
Wednesday Writs: In Utero Edition
In other words, absent a will, would the person be eligible to inherit from the deceased’s estate the same as a duly recognized child?
Call Us, Maybe? Ordinary Times, By Any and All Labels Necessary
There are folks paid to write, and readers paying to read, much less than what Ordinary Times has produced daily for over a decade now.
Star Wars And the Rule of Cool
As a scientist, I know everything in the Star Wars universe is ridiculous, impractical and overblown. And I don’t care one bit.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 5: The 1960s
I’m now half-way through this series and I truly hope I have given out some new titles for others to discover as I go through this list.
Non-Doomsday Prepping: No Yeast? No Problem
No yeast, no bread. No bread, no sandwiches..But I have some good news. You can make bread without yeast.
Justin Amash Tilts the Presidential Windmill
You can become president by building a winning coalition or catch lightning in a bottle and short-circuit the system. Justin Amash isn’t doing either.
COVID Clue
Too soon? Insensitive? Maybe. But imagining what COVID Clue might be like has got to better than watching another one of Trump’s insane press conferences from between my fingers.
A Letter From COVID-19 Exile
We know full well that we’re asking our fellow citizens to take on a huge burden, but the answer isn’t to shrug it off and let millions of us die.
Sunday Morning! “Fantastic Night” by Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig perhaps wrote so well about reversals of fortune because he suffered one himself.
100 Favorite Films To Recommend Part 4: The 1950s
The 1950s, an era in which Hollywood’s golden age began to slowly fade away, it seems my favorite movies from this decade tend to be human dramas
Unbreakable Bonds
The last time the U.S. faced a global threat, Batman and Superman did their part—by becoming national pitchmen.
