Daniel Barrett was near death once, but he didn’t have a near-death experience.
Archives for August 2011
Is Altruism Dead?
It’s hard to be a good man, Michael Doran writes, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.
Conceited, Just Like the Semiotician Ordered
Patriarchal. Orientalistic. Subaltern-slut-shaming. What else can be said about the trash coitus of bad taste and indecency that was Hoomer Shoman’s latest crap of fiction. Reprinted in its entirety: Rico Hettinger was a kind authoritarian. Rico deigned to chat with blacks. But this story isn’t about him. See, Rico never plowed a plot of land…
Shakesville Has An Excellent Post On Rape Culture
Trigger warning for discussion of rape. I am a ridiculous Melissa McEwan fangirl, and this post today cements my love: Also: I suspect, though I could be wrong, that if the letter-writer had been a woman whose platonic male friend had twice masturbated in bed with her, while staring at her and touching her while…
Respect: Happy Birthday Fred Hampton (1949-1969)
Today marks the birth of one of the most fiery rhetoriticians in Black history, killed before he could achieve most of his goals.
8 Ways Government Is Like Baseball
If you look at government through baseball, maybe it’s not all that bad.
Young at Heart?
There’s no denying that we live in an extremely youth orientated culture; we’re saturated with it, from an early age we learn that to be young and a is best, but also that Men who attempt to hold onto their youth for too long end up being ridiculed. I suppose it has a lot to…
Webcomics: @World_of_Hurt: The Thrill Seekers #028, “An Abrupt Departure”
World of Hurt is a webcomic created by Jay Potts, syndicated twice a week from its inception on Komplicated.com
Tuesday HuffPost Edition – Ten things I've learned from Usain Bolt
1. If your last name is “Bolt”, you are either going to be a sprinter, or you are going to control the power of lightning! I believe Usain Bolt does both. 2. Sports stars are as much entertainers as they are athletes. The stars we love or hate have strong personalities. We think about Usain…
Steve Jobs on What Matters Most
‘Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me.’
Games: Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection Takes You Back … Way Back!
If you wanna get in the Way Back Machine, a new Mortal Kombat game might be just your ticket.
Living Longer Is Killing Us
Tom Matlack looks for a reasonable solution to America’s old age problem.
You Can Trust Me: A Column of Advice
David Cotrone answers the question: what do you do if you love someone you want to hate?
I Want to Give Up Sports
Mike Wendling, a sports addict, tries—and fails—to go cold turkey.
Sports Matter: Drew Magary
Drew Magary talks to us about growing up the only sports fan in his family, the price of sportswriting, and the instincts of being a fan.
Tourism Black and Blues
African-American tourists, Ana Paula da Silva writes, need to stop projecting their privilege onto Brazilian culture.