It’s such a familiar story. After acts of terrorism (or even non-terrorist mass shootings) we hear one of two refrains: he (or she, but it’s almost always a “he”) was a quiet and regular guy and no one saw it … Continue reading →
Life imitates art. I encountered “A Rose for Emily” somewhere in school; don’t remember exactly when, but it was early. The stuff of nightmares..
Continue reading →On the “literally” thread, commenter expat asked a burning question: Maybe you can help me figure out whether the duck who lives with my cousin’s chickens is literally transspecies. His egg was abandoned by his mother in the creek that … Continue reading →
In all the furor over the New York bombings and the capture of the suspect-at-large, let’s not forget the Minnesota mall stabbings: The man who stabbed nine people at a Minnesota mall before an off-duty police officer fatally shot him … Continue reading →
Ahmad Khan Rahami, a man suspected in connection with the recent New York and New Jersey bombings, has been captured after a shootout with police in New Jersey: The FBI had earlier released a wanted poster for the 28-year-old Rahami, … Continue reading →
By now many of you have probably read the “Flight 93 Election” essay by Publius Decius Mus, a piece that’s gone viral. It was recommended to me by a great many people, and among them are no small number of … Continue reading →
For some reason, this story, which is the talk of the internet right now, doesn’t interest me enough to write about it. More Trump blah blah blah, and then more blah blah blah about the Trump blah blah blah. Trump … Continue reading →
In the post yesterday in which I mentioned that I’ve got 400+ drafts on this blog and about 100 on my old blog, reader Tom Murin asked: “How many of the drafts are about dance or makeovers?” Some are, but … Continue reading →
Sometimes I just get overbooked. I’ve got my piece on that viral Flight 93 essay half written, but there are other things I need to do right now. Including a few frivolous ones. I plan to post it tomorrow. Right … Continue reading →
Neither Gary Johnson nor Jill Stein has met the threshold for the first debate and therefore will not be allowed to particpate: One of the criteria was that all candidates needed to be polling at 15 percent in these five … Continue reading →
I just noticed that a commenter here has used the word “literally” incorrectly in a recent thread. I won’t call attention to who it was; the error is so common that it pretty much could have been anyone. But why … Continue reading →
The cool blond look:
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