My recap of the latest episode of Game of Thrones, in which no actual rapes occur, yet which still manages to be all about rape. I sense a recurring theme.
Month: May 2014
If you’ve ever purchased anything from a catalog, you know that once you do, you end up on a list wherein you pretty much start getting every catalog ever. Actually, that’s not true. How i
There are two rather obvious flaws Freddie deBoer’s critique of Elias Isquith. Here’s his first argument: The dominance of personal branding and cultural signalling over political theory m
Mildy amusing: @drfarls @washingtonpost @PostOutlook could have been worse if you recommended abolishing the USMC. Oprah!!! — Andy Hill (@theBookPeeper) May 4, 2014 @drfarls @washingtonpost @PostOutlook that should say Oorah and not Oprah! Lol — Andy Hill (@theBookPeeper) May 4, 2014
Today marks the 44th anniversary of the National Guard murders of 4 students at Kent State University in Ohio who were protesting Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia. Horrible events spawn new cultural
My latest at the Diplomat thinks through the implications of the deal to purchase 10 new Virginia class subs. The USN has maintained a consistent nuclear attack submarine capability since the 1950s. I
John Hodgman, reading a anti-women’s suffrage letter to the editor from 1914.
Why has Farley never written on this statue in Lexington of General John Morgan and his mare Bess? See, Bess has testicles because the sculptor felt it wasn’t manly enough for a general to be ri
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I do think that eventually the death penalty will go away in the United States. It’s one of those human rights issues like gay marriage and marijuana that offends more and more people. But I wouldn’t be too confident we are seeing it soon or that the Oklahoma disaster will lead to a big push […]
The greatest running back in NFL history is, some allowance for hyperbole aside, making sense: The NCAA is probably the most reprehensible organization God ever created,” the Hall of Fame runnin
Amateurs have Derby parties; the serious-minded among us attended Oaks parties last night. Nevertheless, if you must bet, I recommend the following: 1. Wicked Strong 2. General a rod 3. California Chr