The Content of our Discontent
Of Conspiracy Theories and Helene
There’s a conspiracy theory making the rounds that goes thusly: The Biden Administration has, at best, slow walked the recovery efforts to Hurricane Helene’s swath of destruction or, at worst, actively obstructed those efforts...
POETS Day! WM Praed and an Irishman
Winthrop Mackworth Praed, a respected wit and politician who died young, tuberculosis at thirty-six. There’s still a Praed Society at Eton
Port Strikes and Tariff Wars
Even if the longshoremen get their wishes and freeze out automated systems in the short term, automation will be implemented eventually.
Throughput: Migrant Stats Edition
Unfortunately, it takes me a thousand words to explain a lie that can get hundreds of thousands of retweets before I’ve had breakfast.
Let’s face it: We knew that Harris would win back in August
Calm down. Take a deep breath. Seriously. You’ll be able to say that you saw this coming if you weren’t currently so busy fooling yourself.
Let’s face it: We knew that Trump would win back in August
The direction that things were going before the disastrous debate in June continued to go on… it’s just that, when Biden was replaced by his Vice-President, the media changed the subject.
Movie of a Motorist getting Bawled Out by a Cop
And when you’re done with that, maybe you can figure out who took my Marconi Wireless!
Vice Presidential Candidate Debate: Sen JD Vance vs Gov Tim Walz
Live stream and comments from the best commentariat on the interwebs for the one and only Vice Presidential Debate of 2024
Pete Rose and the Limitations of Hustle
As a kid I loved baseball and Pete Rose. I still love baseball, but evidence demands a verdict, and I long ago had a reckoning over Pete Rose.
The Race to Control the Senate
It seems likely that Republicans will gain outright control of the Senate regardless of who becomes president.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Halls of Torment
Remember Vampire Survivors? This is like that… EXCEPT YOU CAN AIM!
POETS Day! John Crowe Ransom
I like Tillinghast’s phrase: “major minor poet.” Ransom’s precise word choice and easy formalism are things of wonder.
Weekend Plans Post: Commandaria
There are stories in Hesiod that talk about the type of grapes that make Commandaria and so this type of wine dates back at least to 800 B.C.
