A Quick Recap
Gene GlotzerWe've come to the end of July. At the beginning of the month, Jamil and I announced our intent to each make a post a day for the month. We…
What Good Is Freedom?
In the United States (and beyond), freedom is often treated as a foundational good. The Declaration of Independence puts it right there with life and happiness in the form of…
Why Socialism?
Socialism is all the rage on the left side of the political spectrum. With Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez's recent primary win and Bernie Sanders' surprising primary challenge in 2016, the socialists are…
Taxes
I paid my property tax on my car today. When I did it, I had kind of a strange realization. I like paying my taxes. It's not that I like…
They Aren’t All The Same
I saw a meme today. It was four identical pictures of a fighter jet that had just blown up a building. The only difference between the four was that the…
Mathematical Platonism
I ran across an article called "The Peculiar Math that Could Underlie the Laws of Nature". It's an interesting article. It goes way beyond any math I ever took, but…
Baseball
Baseball is my favorite sport. I could watch a baseball game any time and be relatively happy. It doesn't even have to be my team, as long as it's baseball.…
Living Colour
I ran across something online recently that said that "Cult of Personality" was released thirty years ago this month. That means I became a fan of Living Colour thirty years…
Not Talking About Trump
We haven't spent a lot of time on this blog talking about Trump. I can't speak for Jamil, but in my case, there are plenty of reasons why I don't…
If I Fell
Lyrics don't normally matter to me. I barely even notice them. But one set of lyrics I find myself thinking about quite a bit is "If I Fell" by The…