Before I had my political change, I wasn’t particularly aware of which periodicals and newspapers were on the right. I knew of a couple—the WSJ and the Manchester Union Leader, for example. I knew who William F. Buckley was from … Continue reading →
John Hawkins has a piece at PJ Media entitled “The 5 Worst Things About Getting Older.” It caught my eye for obvious reasons, but as with many such articles I started chuckling right at the start on learning that Hawkins … Continue reading →
Here’s an Atlantic article that discusses the rise and current ubiquity of something I’ve hated for a long time—the loud restaurant. So loud you really can’t have conversation successfully—and to me conversation is a big part of the enjoyment of … Continue reading →
Blogging used to be the hot new thing. That was back in the dark ages of the Bush administration. I’m not sure when I first discovered blogs, but it was probably around 2002, about two years after I had transitioned … Continue reading →
Today I’ve been doing my laundry, a task I hate. I love having clean laundry, but for some reason—although it’s not really that onerous at all, as tasks go—I hate doing it. I can’t stand ironing, either, and fortunately for … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP: I’m bumping this post up to the top for now, so please scroll down to see the newer posts. After the polls close in the east and returns begin, I’ll be starting a new Election 2018 thread.] It’s … Continue reading →
Not exactly, but sort of: …[T]he American electorate has separated into two increasingly homogenous political tribes. As Lilliana Mason points out in Uncivil Agreement, “partisanship can now be thought of as a mega-identity.” The Republican mega-identity is religious, middle-class, rural, … Continue reading →
I’ve written before about the fact that I hate coffee. So this National Geographic article, which reports that scientists have said that whether we like coffee or have trouble with it is at least partly genetic, is of interest. Of … Continue reading →
I tend to have an unofficial and unplanned schedule for blogging. I don’t always follow it, but usually I do most of my posting some time in the early-to-mid-afternoon. There are early-morning exceptions, of course, as well as late-night ones. … Continue reading →
This explains a lot: Every morning, people sleepily drag themselves out of bed, wandering through a brain fog that seems to take forever to dissipate. Early risers will deny it exists, but evidence in a new paper in the journal … Continue reading →
Halloween was my favorite holiday, bar none, as a child. The main reason was probably the candy. But the secondary reason—and maybe it even superseded the candy, come to think of it—was the opportunity even as a little kid to … Continue reading →
As usual, I disagree. Here’s who they polled: The 209 critics who took part are from 43 different countries and speak a total of 41 languages – a range that sets our poll apart from any other. The result: 100 … Continue reading →