Back in the weird old days, when I took American history in junior high and high school, the Spanish America war was pretty much "Yellow Journalism", "Remember the Maine" and San Juan Hill. And this was in a very good New York school district. Doubt things have gotten any better over time.

So, I think that my favorite piece of science fiction ever is "Use of Weapons" by Banks. I loved "Lord Foul's Bane" and that whole first trilogy. "Last Call" is my favorite fantasy. I think that I would prefer a 12 year old nephew or niece to be reading the Heinlein juveniles for multiple reasons.

Complicated one because it doesn't just deal with the evolution of social mores but also what level of story complexity is best for what age of reader. "Use of Weapons" is probably my favorite science fiction. Not sure that it is a good starting point for a 12 year old. Heinlein juveniles might be.

"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others". However, "Chesterton's fence" is starting is slip out more and more.

"Selling the Post" is a distraction. The Post's value is its people. Not its brand or its contracts or its debts or you name it. Put together a plan to replace the Post with something different and better. Bezos is complete immaterial.

I love dining in Dublin (so much that I occasionally do a layover there just to hit favorite places to eat). Sadly many of my favorites are all about hit chilis and garlic and ... However, I have enjoyed some lovely meals at "The Pig's Ear" and they used to have a nice early evening dinner.

One of the problems that the right has is the sheer number of grifters and influencers. Williamson is cult leader. She is highly abusive of her staff. She's big into the same "power of positive thinking" nonsense as Trump. Ignore the fact that she pretends to code left. See her for what she is.

Of course he is. He has a personal financial stake in the matter.

Sorry. FWIW, made this yesterday. Long cook time, but almost zero active labor and turned out really well. (Veggie tagine like think with boiled wheat berries rather than cous cous and braised leeks). Lovely for a rainy day.

I would also like to see a whole lot more clarity around qualified immunity

Made me want to learn about the "magical war" between Grant Morisson and Alan Moore

The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman) Previously in The Last War in Albion: Alan Moore wrote Watchmen, which, for complicated reasons involving William S. Burroughs and the weak nuclear force, ended the Cold War and replaced it with a mag...

Ran across the following for the first time yesterday. Quite well written. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/the-cud...

FWIW, I frequently make fermented butter at home (which then gets sometimes gets used to make niter kibbeh and the like). Quite similar process. Sous vide rigs make this all very very simple....

So, Gino is on "administrative leave" from Harvard after having her tenure revoked. I suspect she'll be gone once the lawsuit gets fired. Ariely might hang on at Duke, but he was able to mount a slightly better defense.

My real problem with him is that he tossed aside his wife while he was fucking his 20 year old intern, all whilst lecturing about morals and family values...

So, given how awful a flop this was, I am sure the executives who greenlit the production are going to fired? Right? Publicly fired for such an enormous creditable failure? Right?

I heard some folks were going to print fliers for this offer and hand them out at the methadone clinic at Downtown Crossing...

"fuckwit" would seem reasonable. It ight be overly broad, but I think it captures the most salient considerations.

At MIT, we gave them numbers (and expected people to be able to remember them). I can understand why Harvard, let alone Dartmouth, might have needed to go in a different direction.

I am experimenting with insane rye breads.

I think that there also needs to be acknowledgements and formal guidance regarding what does / does not constitute qualified immunity

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I worry that the author was granted multiple PhDs but doesn't seem to understand basic concepts like "projection".

She was always a tool of "Big Thermamix"

I'm fine with this. Let's just make sure that failure to get vaccinated is treated as a pre-existing condition with respect to insurance...

The Ham and Dark Rye Beer Bread (see page 329) and Pumpkinseed Rye Bread (see page 131) use rye malt that has been toasted to a deep brown color, endowing it with a chocolaty, slightly burnt character.

looks like a Cylon...

The Democrats need to make it clear that the day they are back in power Greenland gets given back and Trump, Vance, Rubio, Miller and any military officer involved in a military attack against a NATO ally will be handed over for trial either in Denmark or The Hague.

Accessories after the fact to murder

Personally, I always use 42 cloves. Because, you know...