“Not every silence is pregnant.”
State of Ill., Dep’t of Pub. Aid v. Schweiker, 707 F.2d 273, 277 (7th Cir. 1983).
But some are begging to be filled.
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Name Checks Out
Oops
A friend asked me this morning:
“[W]here do you blog? I remember you mentioning before that you blog somewhere. I need some stuff to read these days that isn’t commentary on Trump’s Charlotte commentary.”
Oops. Continue reading “Oops”
Fly Over Pastry
NPR wants to teach us all about a Czech pastry that is popular in Texas but, lawdamercy, you don’t actually expect them to go somewhere the Acela doesn’t stop, do you? There are Trump voters out there!
Pickles
On to lighter fare: I absolutely love fermented foods. When I was a kid, my mum ate a lot of sauerkraut, and I hated it. I’m not sure when this changed, but it may have been when I spent about 18 hours in Korea waiting for a connection. KAL put me up in a tiny little hotel room in Incheon, and I went out for lunch and ate something unidentified, with a side of kim chi, and was hooked.
Prestidigitator Trump
November 20, 2020: The successful Maggie Hassan/Sherrod Brown ticket begins planning to assume the presidency, eager to repair a nation laid waste by four years of paranoid, kleptocratic rulership. In a bland hotel conference room in Bethesda, midlevel members of the transition team, suffering from months of frenetic campaign work, assemble around a table. Weary yet exuberant, and caffeine and/or sleep deficits notwithstanding, they go to work.
Donald Trump and the Rise of the Armed, Small-Government Left
This is not a prediction. It is my fervent hope.
It is now two days since Donald Trump was elected as the next president of the United States, and I am not as worried about it as many of my friends are. To be clear, I am not happy about it. I am not calm. I am very nervous. But many of my friends are people of colour, LGBTQ, immigrants, and women, and they are freaking the fuck out. Continue reading “Donald Trump and the Rise of the Armed, Small-Government Left”
One two three, the crew is called BDS
The title doesn’t rhyme, but it does allow me to carry on two themes of last week’s post–late 80s hip hop, and unintended consequences of purportedly benevolent movements. Continue reading “One two three, the crew is called BDS”
Speaking of Trabants…
My fellow traveller’s prior post about the innovative, high-quality products that result from planned economies inspired me to focus on one such product—indeed, the one he mentioned by name, the Trabant. For those who didn’t have the privilege of living in the Eastern Bloc, or are too lazy to click on the link, here’s a brief primer on the Trabant: Continue reading “Speaking of Trabants…”
Mic check
This is apparently a thing that we’re going to do here.
I very much enjoy writing, and I also very much enjoy arguing about things. Politics, certainly, also culture, and sometimes about how sweet potato fries are just horrible. Really, really awful. Continue reading “Mic check”