September 2011
4 posts
Shelby Steele: Obama and the Burden of... →
"Disruptive Situations: Staffing Edition" (The... →
The Art of Picking the Perfect Beer for a Meal -... →
Interesting ideas about beer pairings.
"Can Obama Pull a Reagan?" (WSJ.com) →
Why Obama’s plan to pull a Reagan in 2012 might not work.
August 2011
387 posts
"Ten Commandments of Steve" (Daily Beast) →
A great summary of what made Steve Jobs so successful and Apple so good.
"After Class, Skimpy Equality" (NY Times) →
The complexity of sexism on campus.
"Referees Hate It When You Talk About Their... →
The curse words that will get you kicked out of a soccer game.
"The College Fashion Gender Gap" (Jezebel) →
An interesting analysis of gendered clothing disparities on campuses.
"Bioethics Panel Faults 1940s Studies in... →
A decision about a horrible experiment by American researchers in 1940s Guatemala.
"Relationship Problems" (Inside Higher Ed) →
A thoughtful but frightening look at the implications of relationships between faculty and students.
"Repercussions mount following weekend mega-party... →
College craziness.
"Man survives after head impaled on garden tool"... →
An unbelievable accident:
“Half of the pruning shears was sticking out and the other half was in his head.”
"In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir by... →
Cheney’s memoir is full of holes. Surprise surprise.
“'You’re a fucking slut,' and other things you... →
A depressing slice of sexism.
"Abu Salim Prisoners Freed: Libyan Inmates Tell Of... →
Gaddafi’s main prison, a terrifying place.
"Prestigious Shoehorn Trophy Will be on the Line... →
Carleton’s former dean of the college, now president at Beloit, has instituted a cool steeplechase-style race at his new school.
"Republicans Against Science" (NY Times) →
Krugman dissects Perry’s and Romney’s weak views of science.
"True Believers" (NY Times) →
Another review of the Perrotta novel.
"Review: The Abstinence Teacher by Tom Perrotta"... →
A thoughtful review of Perrotta’s book.
The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta →
Started Thursday, 8/25, finished Monday 8/29. Three stars out of five.
"Tom Perrotta Discusses the Themes of ‘The... →
A profile of Tom Perrotta, on the eve of the release of his new novel.
"Sequencing the Microbe That Causes Bubonic... →
Research into the nature and makeup of the Black Death.
"A Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (The Chronicle... →
The mind boggles:
I have a friend who is obsessed with the marriage of Doug Hutchison and Courtney Stodden. Hutchinson, an actor who appeared as a creepy guard in The Green Mile, is 51. Stodden, an aspiring actress and pop singer is 16. He’s not just old enough to be her father, he’s older than her father
"If You Build It, Someone Will Figure Out What to... →
Amazing: Belmont University wants to construct a $48 million building, but has no purpose in mind.
"The Sound of Brothers Playing Nicely Together"... →
A lovely blog post on siblings getting along…
"10 (Not-So-Shocking) Truths About Husbands"... →
A nicely sexist list of facts about husbands. Love the comments, too.
"'I want to get better and better'" (The Sudbury... →
A nice profile of my favorite North American skier…
"'Austin Powers' actor faces life in prison over... →
Bizarre and scary.
"A history of the buttocks" (Slate) →
Dated but ass-ential anal-ysis of the rise of the butt in fashion.
"Experimentation, orgasms, and the rise of anal... →
An old, strange column on a sex survey.
"More on Sisters, Panties" (The XX Factor) →
A valuable perspective on underwear.
"2011 World Track and Field Championships" (NY... →
A report on the first few days of the track & field world champs.
"The Cut, by George Pelecanos" (Mean Streets) →
A great-sounding new crime book from George Pelecanos.
"A body blow against al-Qaeda" (The Washington... →
Why the killing of (another) al-Qaeda chieftain means something in the post-bin Laden world.
"Nicholson Baker's House of Holes: How entranced... →
Katie Roiphe lauds the dirty new Baker book.
"Vuelta'11 St.8: Pure “Purito"!" (Velonews) →
A recap of the big Stage 8 of the Vuelta.
"Sex-Ed Teacher Meets an Evangelical? Brace for a... →
A review of Tom Perotta’s The Abstinence Teacher.
"The Leftovers By Tom Perrotta" (New York Times) →
Stephen King reviews a great-sounding new novel.
"How Steve Jobs Changed The World" (WSJ.com) →
A vote of confidence in Jobs, and Cook.
"The Rule" (dykestowatchoutfor.com) →
The origin of the Bechdel Rule.
"The Bechdel Rule" (Sans Chocolat) →
Movies that meet the Bechdel Rule:
The Bechdel Rule originated in written form in a comic strip where two women talk to each other about going to see a movie. One announces she only goes to see movies if they fit these three criteria:
The movie must have at least two women in it
who talk to each other
about something other than men.
"hair power" (quizzical mama) →
Little kids like their moms’ hair.
"International Law Expert Chuck Norris Is... →
Chuck Norris gets a gig writing for Politico, and flubs it.
"Missing 16 year-old girl found after AMBER Alert;... →
A kidnapping, resolved.
"Athletes Who Need Bathroom Break Must Improvise"... →
Finding a way to go to the bathroom during competition.
"Adidas Angers All Blacks Fans With Jersey Prices"... →
Overpriced athletics clothing: font of nationalist anger?
"The Common Sense of the Fair-Use Doctrine" (The... →
“Fair use” doctrine and common sense.
"Amazon’s Cloud Reader" (The Chronicle of Higher... →
A cloud-based e-reader service from Amazon.
"Alum's tricked-out toy truck a lifesaver for US... →
Remote-controlled toy trucks as security tools in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"The Loss of Excellence: Starting Over - Manage... →
Denied tenure, an academic rebuilds here career on another tenure track.