Nobody Owes Elizabeth Warren a Thing
Nobody Owes Elizabeth Warren a Thing. And she doesn’t owe anybody an explanation.
Category: ICYMI
Thoughts on Walmart Going into Health Care
Walmart is opening clinics. This is not a perfect thing. This is a good thing.
Self-injury & Me
Trigger warning: This post discusses self-injury, sometimes known as “cutting,” even though not all self-injury involves cutting. I’ve tried to avoid dwelling on the exact details of my own self-injury practices, but I do allude to them.
Ryan Adams, Fandom, and Tolerating Bad Behavior
The problem with fandom is that we often expect more than we should out of the people we are fans of. Where does one draw the line with their support?
Getting to Ten Times Better
Vikram briefly examines three domains governed by power-law distributions: basketball, programming, and money
The Truth Behind Dresden
Bad faith arguers/actors on the world stage unite each year in using the Dresden narrative as a bloody shirt to wave away any criticism of authoritarian regimes.
Corn Dog: The Beef Wellington of Common Folks, On a Stick
So is it really foodie sacrilege to compare the vaunted Beef Wellington to the humble corn dog? Not historically, at least.
Republican Dissidents Shouldn’t Mourn They Should Organize.
NeverTrumpers and other Republican critics of President Trump should take a page from the labor movement.
A Proud Failure: A Story Of Melancholy, Midlife Crisis, and Patent Applications
You might wonder how someone could take the time to file a patent application then forget about it for 15 years? I’m kind of wondering about that myself
One of Three, But Should Be Many
Thinking we are better off without such people as Najib Ahmad Bakhtari in our nation is lunacy.
I Want to be Kissed by a Scoundrel
Heads up, dudes, YOU’RE the ones that can’t control yourselves, some of you. Why don’t you let me decide what I like and want for myself?
The Inexplicable Origins of World War III
Fears about World War III, when they are not jokes, mostly revolve around an outdated view of how wars begin in the modern world.
Parenting the Apocalypse Du Jour In Three Not-So-Easy Steps
Four kids into my own parenting journey, I have learned a few things to do/not do, and seems like a good time to break out a few bits of hard earned wisdom.
Romance Before Bros
This time I’m actually reading GOOD romances instead of trashy ones.It’s a lot of work, and do you know why I’m doing this? It’s because romance MATTERS.
Spend a Few Evenings with Mrs. Fletcher
The story of “Mrs. Fletcher,” a limited series currently on HBO based upon a novel by Tom Perrotta, tries to have it all three ways…
Maybe Forgiveness After All
How much debt should you legally be able to take on before you can legally drink alcohol?
