Think It Through
When I was in 8th grade social studies class, we each drew a colony out of a hat and duked it out at a faux constitutional convention. Big states argued for population based representation, small...
View ArticleSunday Scraps 11
1. SPORTS: In the wake of a whole bunch of sports-related gay friendliness, Charles Barkley added his two cents, “I’d rather have a gay guy who can play than a straight guy who can’t play.” 2. PUBES:...
View Article“I’m Too Pretty to Do Math”
Academics have a term for how much people identify with math (i.e. identify with phrases like “math is for me”). It’s called the math self-concept. A March study out of the University of Wisconsin...
View ArticleSunday Scraps 14
Due to a long and complicated story involving Alfred Hitchcock, a 38 caliber shotgun, turquoise jewelry and a bad case of emphysema, I missed a plane this morning and was unable to post Sunday Scraps...
View ArticleMeryl + Ellen + Deborah
Does it get any better than this? When Meryl tarted talking about the first woman to take a bullet for the United States, I had a sudden and overpowering urge to raise my hand and shout “Call on me!...
View ArticleSunday Scraps 63 (Wildly Behind the Times Due to Vacation)
1. CABRINI: Great (long) essay from Harpers about the infamous Chicago housing project Cabrini-Green. Unlike other things I’ve read in the wake of the project’s destruction, this one actually talks to...
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