The content of our discontent
Don’t Go Torching Cyber Trucks
That’s probably the worst problem with the Tesla vandalism. It ratchets up tensions and will in turn provoke more political violence.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Problem: Himself
Targeting political opponents has been Erdogan’s bread and butter since he was the up-and-coming scrappy emo-poet/reformer mayor of Istanbul.
Series! Recap of World Series of the 1910s
The deadball days, when Babe Ruth was still a Red Sox pitcher, the classic stadia like Fenway and Wrigley first appeared, and gambling threatened to destroy the game.
The Subversive and Revolutionary Act of Not Setting Things on Fire
Do not set things on fire or use the setting of things on fire for political, personal, or media gain. Simple, right? Apparently not.
POETS Day! George Gascoigne, Birth of the Modern
Much of George Gascoigne’s poetry is very good, but the man himself is fun, one of those characters history frowns upon while winking.
A Dark Age
In the Dark Ages, there was no dominant world power to impose order. That won’t be true in a new dark age.
On Jethro Tull
If you want some rock and roll that was trying to do something groundbreaking and pretentious and crap, Jethro Tull is really good.
The JFK Files Drop Today (Supposedly)
We might learn a bombshell that will change everything we thought we knew about the 1960s… but that strikes me as exceptionally unlikely.
How Difficult is it to Take Off Your Shoes?
I get the feeling that he had a fight about this the day before.
Spaghetti on the Wall: Autopens and Out to Lunch Presidents
Per the Constitution, a barking madman elected to the presidency is a barking mad president. That’s for the best.
Lies, Damn Lies, and Appetizers
“Self, just order and appetizer as your meal. All you need. All you want.” Did I listen to myself? No. No, I did not.
Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, and Protest Expectations
What is clear is none of the students actually thought they’d be in the world of counterterrorism and extremism for their beliefs in college.
