Ordinary Times Call For Ordinary Measures
POETS Day!: Algernon Swinburne and the Ties that Bind
If you look into the history of the actual man you’d find that he was a devote of the Marquis de Sade and a raging alcoholic.
How to Stop the Next Uvalde
When the news alert about Tuesday’s shooting in Uvalde, Texas ran across my smartphone, I wondered…
Weekend Plans Post: Making a Frozen Pizza into Something Almost not Depressing
I don’t want to say that it wasn’t depressing at all… I mean, it’s a frozen pizza. But it was still pretty dang good.
Thursday Throughput: Monkeypox Edition
So, here’s the story on monkeypox. It is DNA orthopoxvirus — that’s the family that includes things smallpox.
Mass Shootings, Rampages, And Cascades of Failure
The causes of mass shootings don’t fit neatly into ideological priors and there is no one clear-cut obvious solution to them.
So Let’s Pass Some Laws and Make The World A Better Place
One of the biggest criticisms of the attempt to ban abortion or institute gun control is the simple pragmatic one: It won’t work.
Breaking: 19 Children, 2 Adults Killed in Texas Elementary School Shooting
Awful news coming out of a town 80 miles west of San Antonio: 21 dead in a mass shooting. The gunman is deceased.
The Secret To Being an Adult? Agreeing with William Deresiewicz
The former English teacher at Yale University is back to wonder why college students can’t be mature iconoclasts like they were in the 1960s. And also to remind you he taught at Yale University.
Friends of Ordinary Times
There are a handful of sites I consider peers of Ordinary Times in one manner or another, so a look at some websites across the land.
Supreme Court Ruling Makes Overturning Convictions For Representation Harder
Read the Supreme Court’s decision making it harder to overturn convictions based on representation for yourself here, and discuss in comments:
Leaguefest 2022: Save The Date
It has been an incredibly long time since we’ve actually had a Leaguefest, which makes me more excited than ever about it.
Wouldn’t Be Great If We Could Somehow Drag Gene Stallings Into This?
If college football is anything like it is assumed by so many, the Sicilians need to take note, because Omerta ain’t got nothing on this.
Credit Where It is Due: Lessons from the War in Ukraine, So Far
There is now a legitimate chance for Ukraine to inflict a massive defeat on Russia. In some ways it already has.
Southern Baptist Convention Abuse Report: Read It For Yourself
The Hoffer Principle is undefeated, and this report reveals Southern Baptist Convention leadership acting like degenerates running a racket.
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