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Friends Only
This was not something I really wanted to do, but, in the interest of my future professional aspirations and the increasing scrutiny of online personas, I have decided to make this blog "friends only." I did not take this decision lightly, as I get rather annoyed when I find someone interesting on a Livejournal community, go to their journal to ( Read more... ) -
People Should Stop Pontificating
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
My mother has a funny quote: “Opinions are like armpits. Everybody has two, and they usually stink.”
I can’t argue with that. Over the past few years I’ve lived in the DC area and become more involved in public policy debates, philosophical discussions, and politics, I’ ( Read more... ) -
Not Iraq. Not Gaza. Not Ukraine. This is #Ferguson, Missouri.
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
Featured image from Radley Balko’s Facebook page. I didn’t see any prohibitions on sharing, but I will take it down if requested.
The above scene is not from some third world country. It is from Ferguson, Missouri, where a young black man was gunned down by police.
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The Cult of Death Is Building A Temple in Canaan
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
I wanted to get a few things off my chest about Israel and Palestine, based on some really idiotic conversations I see going around. I want to preface these statements by making it absolutely clear that they are my opinion only, and do not represent nor reflect on anyone ( Read more... ) -
2014 Predictions Part 2: Science & Technology
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
So after giving my political predictions, let’s move on to something eminently more satisfying and cool: that which is in my headline.
Online services will get crappier
Perhaps it is only me, but the past two years have seen many great online services climb up the stupid ( Read more... ) -
2014 Predictions Part 1: Politics
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
Recently, a friend of mine noted that not enough people-mainly pundits-actually put their reputation (and even money!) on the line and make hard predictions. He admired a lefty blogger for doing so last year when said blogger made a line-in-the-sand prediction that ( Read more... ) -
Geography Schmography
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
Just before Thanksgiving, Buzzfeed posted an article about how some Brits couldn’t identify any of the US states. Then someone at BoredPanda responded that Americans could barely identify any of the countries in Europe. It’s a theme I’ve seen countless times before: ( Read more... ) -
Scrapping The Welfare State, Giving Out Cash, & A New Future for Liberarianism
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
Man, that title sounds hella-pretentious, but it’s immediately what came to my mind reading this article by Matthew Feeney on Reason.com, Scrap the Welfare State and Give People Free Money. It is a fine argument for replacing our current welfare system with a form of ( Read more... ) -
Can we just stop making stuff up?
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
The title of a recent article at The New Republic reads:
The Period Is Pissed
When did our plainest punctuation mark become so aggressive?
The author then goes on to assume that adding a period at the end of your texts indicates you’re angry.
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A Truly American Centrism
Originally published at Quantum Matrix Scribe. Please leave any comments there.
Before this week continues into the bloody mess that is the Healthcare.gov website, and the PR fiasco Obamacare is becoming for liberals and Democrats, I wanted to examine something far more promising and hopeful for America: that of the growing, silent middle.
Last week ( Read more... )