Category Archives: Politics and Economics

Quote Du Jour: Bullshit Dumps

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Baseball men often like to attribute the success or failure of a team to clutch performance. Those of us who study baseball systematically know that his is largely untrue, that the number of runs a team scores is … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics and Economics, Sports | Tagged Bill James, bullshit dumps, media, politics, psychology | 2 Comments

Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: From Wikipedia: The dance is sometimes said to reenact a violent “discussion” between a pimp and a prostitute. It includes mock slaps and punches, the man picking up and throwing the woman to the ground, or lifting and carrying … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged couldn't do it today, Dance, danse apache | 3 Comments

Linkage: Special Jackie/Sabrina/Rolling Stone Edition

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: I’ve been an avid follower of the U.Va “gang-rape at a frat house” imbroglio since Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s article first appeared in Rolling Stone’s Dec. 2014 issue. When I gave the story a read it took only a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged hoaxes, journalism, rape, Richard Bradley, Rolling Stone, Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Steve Sailer | 1 Comment

Linkage: Whiteness is the Worst Edition

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Yesterday The Independent published an anonymous article entitled “White Men Should Never Hold Elected Positions In British Universities Again.” It appears they have taken it down, but someone at reddit helpfully preserved this charming bit lefty self-flagellation: University is … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Music, Politics and Economics | Tagged an open and honest dialogue about race, Belle & Sebastian, cultural appropriation, ethnomasochism, lefty cannibalism, microaggressions, whiteness | 11 Comments

Coke Is It!

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: One thing the United States continues to lead the world in is innovative soda packaging. Would you like glass, plastic, or aluminum? Bottles, cans, mini-cans, or mini-bottles? Single serve, 6-pack, 8-pack, 12-pack, or 20-pack? All of these photographed … Continue reading →

Posted in Food and health, Politics and Economics | Tagged Coca-Cola, soda | 2 Comments

Juxtaposin’: Human Rights

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: It’s funny how, in the past thirty years or so, same-sex marriage has gone from something obviously ridiculous — something even the vast majority of gays had zero desire for — to an undisputed universal human right supported … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged First Amendment, free speech, gay marriage | 3 Comments

Prigs Against Private Imagination

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: A UK group calling itself 50 Shades Is Abuse, “the original campaign to raise awareness that the 50 Shades of Grey series romanticises domestic abuse,” isn’t too happy about the movie adaptation opening this week: “We want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Politics and Economics | Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, bluestocking progressives, E.L. James, personal is political, rape culture | 5 Comments

Back to … the Marshall McLuhan Future

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: A couple days ago, University of Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds, a.k.a. the blogger Instapundit, penned a column for USA Today titled “Politicians benefit from American tribal warfare.” Tribalism, Reynolds writes, “is the default state of humanity.” … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Media, Politics and Economics, Technology | Tagged Marshall McLuhan, media, politics, technology, tribalism | 15 Comments

“Straight White Men”

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: When I saw that NYC’s Public Theater was presenting a show entitled “Straight White Men,” my interest was piqued, to say the least. Since the Public has long been one of the city’s foremost purveyors of Politically Correct theater, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Performers, Politics and Economics, Theater | Tagged Public Theater, theater, Young Jean Lee | 6 Comments

Book Journal 2: Anarchism and Anthropology

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: “Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play” by James C. Scott. I love the work of the Yale prof James C. Scott and consider him in a class with … Continue reading →