Month: May 2015

They’ll Build a Statue of You

There are things that you can do as a state legislator that will save lives, and I’m sure that the typical state senator will see charts and presentations on all kinds of topics where there is an estimate of how many lives...

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Odds & Ends

Well, if I had any time, which I don’t, I’d write about Hillary Clinton’s decision to make the drug and mental health epidemic a front and center part of her campaign. I’d also write about Bill...

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I swear to God, these guys aren’t joking

No, it isn’t an Onion parody or a SNL skit. It’s a mini cell phone, that JUST MAKES PHONE CALLS! My god, what a radical concept. Their slogan? The phone away from your phone. No, I didn’t make that up. So craft...

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You Can’t Fix Stupid

To answer James Fallows, I don’t think that there are enough Republicans who care about actually governing to fit on the head of a pin. And I don’t think that there are too many more Republicans who are capable of...

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Casual Observation

I try not to agonize too much about parenting decisions like whether or not or where to send my son to summer camp. I understand what these so-called Slow Parenting moms and dads are saying, but they sound like they’re...

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