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Stretch goal: Laugh with my friends
There was a time, kids, when you had to ask another live human directly for their recommendation when you wanted a new book, movie, or television show. The word “algorithm” was exclusive to math nerds. In those dark days, to avoid talking t...
D.C. summer 2026
I want to live here again so badly. Then again, I could do without a few of the current residents. Coming from Alabama, it’s a real “out of the frying pan, into the fire” situation with regard to right-wing nutjobs. Then again a third time,...
Cathy reads books: All In Your Head
I kept asking myself one thing while reading Freddie deBoer’s latest book, All In Your Head (available for pre-order now!):
“Who is this book for?”
My babies might read that as a criticism. If anything, it’s a compliment.
Our modern medi...
What to do if your son sucks
One of the reasons I never had kids is that there’s just no guarantee that they won’t suck. For example, a friend of mine has a friend whose teenage son is virulently anti-Semetic. Making a bad situation worse, she married a man who’s Jewis...
On hypergamy, and what the Montreal shooter manifesto got right
The man accused of killing several in Montreal before being shot dead by police wrote a manifesto. Somewhat unfortunately, it wasn’t completely insane.
I cannot, of course, endorse his ultimate conclusion. He takes a step further. Rather...
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