This is a national scandal
The government’s incompetent and in some cases malicious response to the coronavirus epidemic is getting people killed
Read more“Maybe we’d be just better off if we gave [coronavirus] to everybody, and then in a month it would be over because the mortality rate of this probably isn’t going to be any different if we did it that way than the long-term picture, but the difference is we’re wreaking havoc on global and domestic economies.”
This is your brain on capitalism.
Tuesdays with Anna
For five years I’ve taken my daughter to piano lessons. To me it’s about way more than the piano lessons.
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Happy Super Tuesday
I won’t tell you who to vote for but I do have a few words on how you should approach voting.
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The Fail of Skywalker
If you have to explain, months later, what happened in your movie, you didn’t make a good movie
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“The Most Devastating War Machine Ever!”
I found something in my storage unit that reminded me how insane the run-up to the first Gulf War truly was
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Examining Your Luck Tree
How hard did you work to get where you are? How lucky were you? Are you sure about that?
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Long Chile, Ohio2, and the Snack Rack
A story about what it’s like to have a couple of Gen-Z kids who go viral.
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When a “heartwarming” story is not heartwarming
Rather than solve problems, our society today more often seeks to monetize the misery.
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Kirk Douglas: 1916-2020
Kirk said fuck you to the Hollywood blacklist. And he could act a little.
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