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Archive for December 31st, 2010

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Beating Murphy’s Law

By Thoreau
On the Friday before classes are supposed to start, the copier has decided to break.  Now, you might think that this is actually compliance with Murphy’s Law, because it happened at the last minute.  I beg to differ.  Although I was not able to fix the problem, I was able to at least identify [...]

Friday, December 31st, 2010

The “nuclear option” of criticisms

By Thoreau
Julian Sanchez says something that I’ve had rattling around and been meaning to blog about for a while. I basically agree that if somebody says or does something that’s offensive in a racial manner, it’s worth pointing out, and pointing this out doesn’t mean that you think the person in question is (necessarily) on [...]

Friday, December 31st, 2010

Why August is a horrible month

By Thoreau
Justin Elliott notes that, as is so often the case with stupid media frenzies, the attention paid to the Ground Zero Mosque Burlington Coat Factory Recreation Center peaked in August, and then faded.  Yes, we still heard about it after August, but not as much.  This is actually something of a pattern, one that [...]