Ordinary Times Call For Ordinary Measures
Reminder that the bulk of police abuse is non-violent
Fines and Forfeiture are still the top ways police abuse citizens.
The Music of Meat Loaf (1947-2022)
Seriously, if you never listened to either of Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hells you really should.
Politically Hot Shotting Alternate Social Media Going As Well As You Might Expect
The alternative social media data tells us exactly what we expected: for the most part, it is the same herd of folks moving back and forth.
What A Boring Musical World It Will Be Without Meat Loaf
The Meat Loaf/Steinman madcap musical universe of sex, and drums, and way over-the-top rock and roll comes to an end
POETS Day: Let’s Talk About Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson: an insane Miss Habersham-type peeking out from a pantry wearing all white and thinking that but for an em dash go I.
An Afternoon With Longfellow
“If some one don’t keep us apart when school is out, there’ll be a fight!”
Weekend Plans Post: No Longer Batching It Rock And Roll Weekend
This weekend will be spent doing laundry, coming down from the insanity of work this week, and, yes, listening to some rock and or roll
Video Throughput: Don’t Look Up Review By A Scientist
I’m going over the science of Don’t Look Up, and much of what I talk about is also relevant to Deep Impact and Armageddon
Filibuster Rule Change For Voting Rights Legislation Fails 52-48 in Senate
A much-discusses and doomed-to-fail vote to change the filibuster rule regarding voting rights legislation failed in the US Senate Wednesday night 52-48
Good Guys Versus Bad Guys and Being a Conscientious Objector in the Culture Wars
“But who were the good guys, Mama?” We all need that moment, but in my opinion as his mother, it was best he came to that question himself.
Video: Texas Synagogue Hostage Jeffrey Cohen Talks Anti-Semitism
Powerful insight from Jeffrey Cohen, one of the hostages in the Texas synagogue attack who talks about what the terrorist said abouts Jews that are all too common tropes in wider society
5th Circuit Ruling Keeps Six Week Abortion Ban Effective In Texas: Read It For Yourself
The Fifth Circuit has left the six week abortion ban in Texas in effect in a ruling that also transfers the case to the Texas Supreme Court, the latest in a series of legal fights over the controversial law.
We Should Unfix the College Football Postseason: A Rebuttal
The fear among my stamp of college football fans is that the tournament awards the game and not the campaign, and makes everything worse
History and Literature’s Complaint Against a Modern: A J.K Rowling Poem
Would Steinbeck’s Grapes have passed this Rowling Test? Or George & Lenny’s discov’ry that the best Laid plans of mice & men gang aft agley?
The Simple Question Raised By A More Diverse America
America is increasingly diverse. You are either good with America being a diverse, pluralistic society, or you are not. So, are you?
