If you haven't already, you should read Greg Hanlon's extraordinary story about Dave Megget, who is finally in jail but got away with being a serial rapist for more than a decade. The reasons he kept getting away with it are depressingly familiar -- the women...
I was amused by Dave's roundup of evaluations of the 2012 Seahawks draft. (In fairness, the consensus that Irvin was a limited player who wasn't the best defensive end left.
Amanda Marcotte talks about debating fundamentalist Christians here. Her post is illustrated with photos of creationists holding up questions for us smug realists. Ms. Marcotte took them somewhat seriously. I.
Some links for your pleasure: Understanding the Chinese Revolution My new favorite Air Force General... Time running out for this year's Ducky ballot... Gonna be putting one of these together. Obviously. Early drones. Worth reading everything that Grantland has done on Philip Seymour Hoffman.
I mostly ignored the Superb Owl this weekend, but I did manage to catch some of the commercial breaks. One ad that stood out was the Volkswagon spot, which featured.
For your amusement, some 2012 draft analysis: No. 1: Seattle Seahawks After one of the worst picks in the first round I can ever remember, the Seattle Seahawks didn't draft any positions.
This could come in handy whenever the apogee of a deadline meets the perigee of a hangover. Quotes and statistics can easily fill this out to 750 words. The [death, hospitalization, arrest, other misfortune] of [celebrity] is fueling renewed concern about a recent upsurge of [bad...
The Wall Street Journal doubles down on the claim that criticizing the 1% could lead to the next Holocaust.
For those who have been asking about a Kindle edition of Grounded, pre-order is now available. Note, however, that the University Press of Kentucky has an e-book loyalty program, meaning.
Well this is certainly interesting: Reproductive health care advocate Sandra Fluke has filed papers to run for the U.S. House of Representatives in California. According to the Washington Post, the former Georgetown University student is running in the Democratic primary to fill the seat left vacant...
CT has a petition. The position it takes is clearly correct: Academics and commentators—including Crooked Timber bloggers—disagree over the American Studies Association’s decision to endorse an academic boycott of Israel..
Are congressional Republicans unable to distinguish between a defense lawyer and her client? Are they just pretending not to understand the adversarial system because it sounds better than "we don't.