I Might Have to Make Mr. Armoster King of Tiny Cat Pants

Is spanking a dude who calls you a “nigra” violent or non-violent resistance?  And would it be wrong to send flowers to Bradley Armoster?
Questions, questions.

So, Republicans are Pro-Union, Anti-Poverty, and Anti-War, Now?

Bill Hobbs, who you may recall from such adventures as “Bill Hobbs Wants Muslims to Know He Hates them” and “Bill Hobbs Wants Everyone to Know that Obama is Similar to Muslims and We All Know Hobbs Hates Muslims” among others, now is trying to pass off Martin Luther King, Jr. as a Republican hero.
Kids, [...]

Autism and Related “Disorders”

So, today Yahoo has a story of a study that “links” premature births to autism.  I wonder a lot about calling autism a “disorder” and yet, it’s one of those things that I wonder if I’m too academic about.  Here’s where I start.  I wonder–are there more people with autism and related conditions now than [...]

Ten 20th Century Artists

I was thinking about, again, how one would go about introducing people to something like, say, the blues, basically because I like thinking about music.  Music, to me, is a funny thing.  Or maybe it’s just writing about music that I find funny.  Because the cool thing about music is that it’s such a populist [...]

A Collosal Game of Chicken

Amazon v. small publishers or Amazon v. Ingram?