When I was growing up, my Dad watched A LOT of Rockford Files, which means I watched a lot of Rockford Files since the TV was always on. James Garner died yesterday and it reminds me of what a pleasant actor he was to watch,...
Month: July 2014
Lionfish are super-cool looking-- finny, stripy, and spiky. But, blah blah blah...they're an invasive species and they're eating their way through the Atlantic ocean. Their effect on coral reefs (major.
Turning schools into profit-making enterprises has been a disaster, not only in the U.S., but also in Sweden. Applying Taylorism to schools makes perfect sense to the high modernist education.
In this week's Diplomat column I think a bit about how to approach Thucydides: If we start by acknowledging that the parts we’re taking are all archetypes, then literal fidelity to the narrative record becomes less important. And from this starting point, we can take...
This is a fascinating piece on African-Americans negotiating the Jim Crow South by putting a turban on their heads and claiming they were Indian. Which worked, as they avoided the.
This has the potential to be great, if by great you mean questioning whether to ever fly again.
The NFL constantly manages to show how little it cares about its players' best-interest. When it comes to its relationship with college football, it also works hard to keep its free minor league system. Now the NFL has decided to cut back on the pre-draft...
On the latest episode of Foreign Entanglements, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and I dive deep on resolve and credibility:
For awhile back in the 2000s, it looked like Australia would become a world leader on progressive legislation, especially on environmental issues. Then Tony Abbott took over and decided modeling.
But let us not pause to denounce sad falsehoods when the glorious truth beckons with her fiery lamp. How can one experience the perfect sexual experience? Jesus Christ, this guy... In order to understand the perfect sexual experience, we first must say what sex is:...
31 historical terms for sex going back to 1351. I am familiar with "getting my ashes hauled" because it comes up in old blues songs. The rest are far older.
Summary execution for suspected cigarette sale would seem to qualify.