July 2010
1 post
Jul 23rd
June 2010
2 posts
Migration to Austin →
I think it is funny that there are two notables from Wisco. It seems like I met tons of people from Dane co. in Travis co., and now there is a map, so it must be true.
Jun 17th
“Corrections, June 15, 2010: The original stated that Uzbeks appear East Asian,...”
– From Slate’s article attempting to explain why Uzbeks appear to hate Kyrgyz. One of these days, we may see a correction to the tune of, “Everything which I said was true is actually false and vice versa. Sorry.”
Jun 15th
May 2010
5 posts
May 19th
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May 9th
Legal legacy of WWII service
From Unger, I got a point toward an interesting bit on out-going justice Stevens. Elements of personal experience (gasp!) apparently shape jurisprudential rationalizing decision-making irrespective of, or perhaps through, ideology. “few of us would march our sons and daughters off to war to preserve the citizen’s right to see ‘Specified Sexual Activities’ exhibited in the theaters of our...
May 7th
April 2010
4 posts
Apr 20th
Apr 18th
Should coverage of polling info be so smug?
From the tail-end of an NYT story on Tea/Party/whatever supporters:  Some defended being on Social Security while fighting big government by saying that since they had paid into the system, they deserved the benefits. Others could not explain the contradiction. “That’s a conundrum, isn’t it?” asked Jodine White, 62, of Rocklin, Calif. “I don’t know what to say. Maybe I don’t want smaller...
Apr 16th
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March 2010
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Mar 17th
February 2010
3 posts
Feb 15th
Feb 14th
“The plan to cut $62.1 million in funding to the state’s public colleges...”
– Brody & Alex, Bergen Record
Feb 12th
January 2010
2 posts
Jan 16th
"We see vast untapped grounds in our home base and...
In all this Google / Beijing dust-up, I wanted to see what this “Baidu” engine was about, so I went there. My Chinese literacy, is, shall we say, poor, but I did see the “Baidu Story,” where the last line cracked me up. Link to About Baidu.
Jan 15th
November 2009
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Nov 13th
September 2009
6 posts
Sexy iPhone apps? Clever? Funny? Useful? YES!...
Saw this via Engadget. Some eAdvocacy effort, in the form of “iSinglePayer,” can help you locate your congressional district by GPS (that is cool), and of course, call the office to shame, blame, or congratulate a member of congress. It seems to have some bulletpoints on the health care debate, and probably has some sort of special feature that allows you to pin the tail on the...
Sep 29th
What does the quantity of media coverage of...
The Washington Examiner, via Drudge, reports today that media attention to returning caskets containing fallen US servicemen has dropped to nothing, following very high attention paid when Obama lifted the ban on photojournalism of the dead. Byron York concludes, “With casualties mounting, the debate over U.S. policy in Afghanistan is sharp and heated. The number of arrivals at Dover is...
Sep 29th
Overusing Obituaters of Omniquotism
Could someone please have a nice entry on Safire with mentioning the “nattering” line? Please?
Sep 29th
Obama and "his" war. →
Obama faces heterogeneity in opinion on where to go from here in Afghanistan—within the electorate, among Democrats, and among his advisors. On NPR this morning, I heard Cokie Roberts claim that Obama has (I’m inferring) less ability to command his commanders because of his own lack of military credentials.
Sep 28th
Sep 14th
I suggest auditioning Craig T. Nelson...
I’ve flown in and out of MSP a few times (got some kin and amigos up there on both sides of the state line), and the first time I did after 6/11/2007, I asked the info desk which one was the famous bathroom (after a call to a friend with wiki access yielded ambiguous results), and I got unhappy shrugs as a result. I ultimately found it, but it lacks any plaques or other memorabilia. Anyway,...
Sep 8th
Sep 1st
August 2009
4 posts
Aug 6th
Blogging is not a waste of time
If you do it right. And by that John means stringing together quick reactions into something more thoughtful.
Aug 4th
Helping vets win elected office →
From Thomas Ricks’ excellent blog (author of Fiasco): there is some sort of organization of professional campaign staffers with an interest in helping eager but naive veterans run for office. I think this has been tried before, but not so much from the campaign pro angle. Link.
Aug 3rd
July 2009
9 posts
Jul 31st
There are not many "George W. Bush" streets...
But, Biden just rode on the same one I have.
Jul 23rd
Jul 23rd
Jul 23rd
Jul 23rd
There's a lot to like about Pew
I like Pew. Lots of obvious reasons: lots of samples with interesting, germane questions, free and relative painless downloads, and a reasonable search feature. What spatially-minded political analysts might not know though, is that Pew maintains far more reasonable policies on disclosing respondents’ county of residence than the ANES. Of course, of course, we should protect personally...
Jul 16th
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Jul 6th
Holy cow, what a good idea →
Jul 3rd
June 2009
11 posts
Jun 25th
Jun 23rd
Pretender
Ok, so, yeah: Fathers’ Day. It still feels like something for my dad instead of me.
Jun 21st
Jun 21st
Jun 20th
Jun 19th
Where does the South start?
A question frequently asked in my family. I’m in Middletown, DE right now, and while there is a Dunkin Donuts, there is also a Food Lion, so my usual brand-store heuristics are thrown off.
Jun 18th
What is Koenigsegg?
It appears that Saab may have found a new owner.
Jun 16th
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May 2009
8 posts
If you were curious about the length differential...
theduty: THANKS SOCIETY!
May 28th
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