August 2010
33 posts
The status quo is really a cop out. Instead of holding heterosexuals up to a rigorous standard of conduct—no divorce, harsh & unforgiving attitude toward infidelity—we’re going to discriminate against the gay and lesbian minority and then congratulate ourselves on what a good job we’re doing of upholding our ideals.
Spot on, Yglesias.
Dear FCC: You Work for ME →
Roald Dahl's Darkest Hour →
givemesomethingtoread:
Even Roald Dahl could not have dreamt up the horrifying series of events that rocked his family in the 1960s, just as his career was taking off.
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“Still I can’t get it out of my mind what a discrepancy there is between ideas...”
– Henry Miller in Tropic of Cancer (1934) (via predatorywaspobserver) (via libraryland)
Persuasion: The Third-Person Effect →
stevemyles:
One of the most intriguing things about the psychology of persuasion is how many people say that persuasion attempts have little or no effect on them. Other people, oh sure, adverts, work on them. But not you and I, we’re too clever for that.
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Republicans and the 14th Amendment →
technipol:
I am loath to quote Slate on politics, but they do a good job of putting this 14th amendment nonsense to bed:
“Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham last week proposed amending the Constitution to change the law that grants citizenship to the children of immigrants born in the United States. More specifically, he would change the language of the 14th Amendment to bar birthright citizenship...
Social Relationships, Health, and Happiness →
My two lessons (1) Not all relationships are good. A 2008 study in Social Science & Medicine that she co-authored found that people with chronic illnesses actually had a lower mortality rate if they had negative—or at least more demanding—relationships with family members (2) Continuums rock! The decades of research that Holt-Lunstad and her colleagues examined showed that in fact social...
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iCarly beats True Blood in Ratings---Again →
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In these popular debates about God’s existence,... →
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http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2010/08/02/in... →
Saying we’ve “achieved victory in Iraq would be an exaggeration,” at best, says Jay Bookman in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. What we have achieved — “after seven years, hundreds of billions of dollars, and 4,400 American lives” — is a temporary lull in which Iraq can give democracy a go. And that’s “simply the best… we can expect from a...
July 2010
6 posts
Yankee's philosophy will be the same, day-to-day... →
Toyota's quality is decreasing →
This Old Spice Video Guy's Butt is Just BIG →
It sticks out. My girlfriend noticed it first. Haha.
How to Change Someone's Mind
You can’t try to convince people of something via facts. See the Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire?mode=PF.
Arizona Overreacted, not the other way around →
Normative v Informational Social Value →
Cool Advertising Resource
May 2010
1 post
steve nash, raising CLASINESS to new levels →
April 2010
2 posts
February 2010
10 posts
i will have to be seeing this soon! →
top ten fixes to the oscars. →
christina hendricks →
How is ChatRoulette not stupid to everyone? →
Abstinence!
Does abstinence education actually work (http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/the-great-abstinence-debate/)? Nope, still not that great: http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/dont-listen-ross-douthat-abstinence-education.
