Good cops, bad cops and the costly failures of the SEC
Matt Taibbi: Yet the case still somehow ended in acquittal — and the Justice Department hasn’t taken any of the big banks to court since. All of which rai...
epistemology, philosophy, theology, religion
Matt Taibbi: Yet the case still somehow ended in acquittal — and the Justice Department hasn’t taken any of the big banks to court since. All of which rai...
I began this current journal, XSML, with the intent of reducing my own notes to extra small, XML-friendly updates. Increasingly, I have been drawn by the allure...
From a recent New Yorker story on Freudian psychoanalysis in China: I asked what problems he sees most often among his patients. He answered, “If a grandfather,...
Imagine you are searching for your reading glasses only to find them sitting atop your head – or, perhaps worse, discovering that you are already wearing them. ...
If your product is becoming a commodity, don’t try to inflate its value by restricting supply. Create a better product and set new terms. If you want to a...
LOLXians, indeed: “Some scholars believe that the Book of Revelation in the bible was not a prediction of the future of the world but actually encrypted m...
Don’t let the title fool you, there’s some really nice, dry writing in the Paranormal Encylopedia. In an entry on bilocation, the final sentence is:...
While reading up on a ridiculously high-performance kitchen appliance, I found this quote from a manufacturer: Between the year 2000 – 2001 the market con...
An obvious start. The flags of Cuba and Puerto Rico combined. previously: The British Isles became the United Kingdom. What might the Caribbean islands have bee...
I often wonder if a single song can inspire an entire genre. Certainly, there are combinations that are so influential they turn up again and again. Consider 10...
Three questions for the Christian constituents of the senators who voted against the DREAM Act yesterday: Was the Son of God born in a barn, among the animals a...
There were well-publicized protests in select California cities after President Obama was elected and Prop 8 was passed. Some of that anger was fueled by the ru...
This year’s worthiest sequel to the Harry Potter series may be an app. Word Lens debuted on potentially millions of screens just in time for the final hol...
The Wikipedia entry for eschatology begins: Eschatology Not to be confused with Scatology. oh really?
The other day I was talking with colleagues about the way that we use tools to overcome our physiological limitations and, in particular, how we have begun to u...
From Burkhard Bilger’s savvy report on fermentation and underground food culture in the U.S., sadly available only as an abstract to non-subscribers: Mode...
When I first read about the process by which the New York Times sorted out what leaked documents they would publish and how, I thought: “Wow, it must have...
Kentaro Tomaya on why high technology, in and of itself, doesn’t solve the problems that lead to poverty: Does a hundred dollars for a computer make sense...
Apparently, I’m a bleeding heart. Twice in two days I’ve sat through tear-jerkers; one about charter schools in New York City and a second about a U...
Yesterday, I was reading through a blog post that claims Nicki Minaj has undergone surgery to change her appearance and was previously a lesbian. The claim was ...