The Supreme Court told judges to interpret mandatory sentences as guidelines. And they are in a very interesting way.
Do Men Lose Their Minds Faster Than Women?
February 1, 2012 By 3 Comments
A new study of 1,450 people in their seventies suggest men develop cognitive impairment, leading to dementia, younger than women.
Do You Have a Drone Yet?
January 17, 2012 By 6 Comments
Are personal drones a good thing? I’m not sure but they are coming.
MLK Day Question: Does Jim Crow Still Exist?
January 16, 2012 By 7 Comments
How do we try to explain “Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindnes”?
Is Feeding the Poor Manly or Enabling?
August 29, 2011 By 7 Comments
Tom Matlack wonders if fighting wars or feeding hungry children is the more manly thing to do.
Addicts Are Superhuman
July 26, 2011 By 32 Comments
Is addiction really a “special gift” that, if harnessed, can be used for good rather than evil?
The 10 at 10
January 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The State of the Union in three words, women loving Troy Polamalu, and Hitler re-imagined: the 10 at 10.
We Need to Have Some Words
January 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Watch it and see if you can find the connecting words hidden inside.
Why Can’t We Walk in a Straight Line?
January 10, 2011 By 24 Comments
This in no way means you should get lippy the next time you fail a field sobriety test.
Juan Williams: Bigot?
October 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
One the biggest problems with our national discussion about race is our inability to acknowledge this distinction between pre-rational thoughts—which we all have—and the rational choice to act on them.
Another Reason to Loathe the Big Banks
October 20, 2010 By 3 Comments
Looking for another reason to hate Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and the rest of the big banks? Need any more evidence that these institutions are entitled-asshole farms?
The End of Men … Again
September 30, 2010 By 4 Comments
Remember the Atlantic’s July piece on the “End of Men”? Newsweek followed suit a couple weeks ago with an article about Men’s Lib. Now NPR is jumping on the bandwagon with an on-air debate over the realignment of masculinity. NPR Talk of the Nation’s Neal Conan spoke with writer Guy Garcia and Slate’s “XX Factor” editor, Hanna Rosin (who [...]
Punk'd (with Car Bombs)
September 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A new show on Iraq’s Al-Baghdadiya TV welds the zaniness of Punk’d with the soberness of counter-insurgency, and viewers can’t get enough. On the show (called Khali en Buca, which is Arabic for “Let’s Steal It”), prominent Iraqi celebrities—TV personalities, soccer stars, singers—are invited to the Al-Baghdadiya studio. Before they enter, security forces examine their cars at [...]
Your Mind on Computers (Not Pretty)
June 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
Vocalyze
“I spent years in confusion that led me to ask awkward even wholly inappropriate questions at the wrong moments…”
This is a comment by James on the post “What Happens When We Don’t Teach Our Boys About Sex”.