December 2010
“Sitting with another man, trying to work together to produce working code. I was...”
– Terse Systems : Where Pair Programming Fails For Me
“To find that the President has “inherent power” to halt the publication of news...”
– ““You [Justice Black] say that “no law” means “no law,” and that should be obvious. I can only say, Mr. Justice, that to me it is equally obvious that “no law” does not mean “no law,” and I would seek to persuade the Court that that is true.”” - Solicitor General
Hugo Black landed on...
“According to the data, whenever a city doubles in size, every measure of...”
– A Physicist Turns the City Into an Equation - NYTimes.com (via alexch)
“FACT: Congress got all this done by pounding huge stockpile of confiscated Four...”
– Twitter / @pourmecoffee: FACT: Congress got all thi …
“His reference to my post as “regulatory-capture denialism” is a...”
– Omnibus Libertarian Reply Post | The New Republic
“That is: house owners being over-indebted because they bought things they...”
– n+1: HFM Redux, Part Two
“Their argument is complemented by the University of Virginia sociologist James...”
– A Tough Season for Believers - NYTimes.com
“# I like women from countries that have sustained political turmoil. Western...”
– Julian Assange’s OK Cupid dating profile - Boing Boing
“Further, attention to completed work is every bit as important as attention to...”
– Memo: ‘Gawker tech team didn’t adequately secure our platform’ | Poynter.
“…in which I emerge briefly from the end-of-semester grading abattoir to note...”
– The End of Education : Lawyers, Guns & Money
“A survey of American voters by World Public Opinion shows that Fox News viewers...”
– Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed - Slashdot
“This is simply how conservatives respond in the face of every liberal advance....”
– Henry Hudson’s Ruling And The Psychology Of Reaction | The New Republic
“I CANNOT be the only one who sighs inwardly at the notion that the president has...”
– Rhetoric and delusion: Unexceptional exceptionalism | The Economist
“To make an eighty-year forecast may be an interesting exercise, first of the...”
– Abnormal Use: Views of 2011 From 1931
“I think this is also a reflection of the fact that American conservatism is...”
– Weird Science - Ta-Nehisi Coates - National - The Atlantic
“Most Americans think tax cuts for the rich should not expire, according to a new...”
– Most Americans Back Tax-Cut Deal Most Americans Hate
“But should it be so surprising that aspiring global hegemons do not run on the...”
– Another WikiLeaks inkblot: American exceptionalism, American hypocrisy | The Economist
“EasyDNS, a Canadian firm, was attacked last Friday after media outlets...”
– DNS Provider Mistakenly Caught in WikiLeaks Saga Now Supports the Group | Threat Level | Wired.com
“Some say attacking WikiLeaks would be fruitless. Really? In the past year, the...”
– Marc A. Thiessen - You’re either with us, or you’re with WikiLeaks
“The forces of Anonymous have taken aim at several companies who are refusing to...”
– 4chan rushes to WikiLeaks’ defense, forces Swiss banking site offline
“timheidecker: AP reporting #yogibear Movie contains subliminal messages...”
– For months, comedians Neil Hamburger and Tim Heidecker (of Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job) have been trying to raise awareness about the Yogi Bear movie, and the threat it poses to our society. Tim Heidecker & Neil Hamburger’s Anti Yogi Bear Pamphlet
“Jim Manzi is fond of making unfavorable comparisons between economics and...”
– Jim Manzi and a Conversation With My Doctor | Economics | The American Scene
“Host Ira Glass describes the thing that we all do at some point: Talk expertly...”
– (click through and listen) A Little Bit of Knowledge | This American Life
“Let me put it this way: If the roles we’re reversed and Democrats were on...”
– Why The GOP Is Like Bear Bryant | Talking Points Memo
“The recent Wikileaks diplomatic document dump contains a cable from shortly...”
– Diplomats Fret About German Classical Liberals - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine