This three part video is the story of a marine made famous by a photograph in 2004 and his struggles upon returning home from Iraq. Take fifteen minutes to watch it; it’s really pretty heartbreaking. On the subject of war veterans struggling to reintegrate with society after returning to the states, a recent study found [...]
Archive for November, 2011
So I have a class right now on how to teach social studies at the secondary level, and yesterday we took a field trip to the Saint Louis Federal Reserve. I wore one of my Ludwig von Mises Institute shirts, so I was kind of worried that my entering the building would be like a [...]
This presidential primary poll from Nevada says a lot about the libertarian movement in a very small space (hell, it’s quite literally the fine print after the main results): Ron Paul wins 12% support among Republican men, but wins just 2% support among GOP women. I’ve never quite understood why libertarians tend to be overwhelmingly [...]
I’ll start with a real classic that I watched again recently and realized that it’s still as hilarious as ever. And hey, a few of you still may not have seen it. This is the best picture professional basketball has given us to date. A collection of Hunter S. Thompson’s photographs. This site is awesome [...]
I think pretty much everyone is in agreement that America’s health care system is royally fucked up. Those looking for easy answers usually just assert that the market has failed, so therefore the government should provide universal health. This proposed panacea ignores that as it is the government is involved more intimately in health care [...]
Remember how the American invasion of Iraq was supposed to put an end to mass Iraqi graves? Well, that still doesn’t appear to be working out as American and Iraqi troops discovered twenty-two bodies in a mass grave today. In theory, I guess these unfortunate souls could all be long dead victims of Saddam, but [...]
There was a time in the not-so-distant past that I had some affection for Boston sports teams. The Red Sox were the perpetually second place arch-rivals of the despised Yankees. The Patriots were a respectable team with a likeable quarterback in Drew Bledsoe. And I never cared about basketball, but the Celtics hadn’t been an [...]
….to donate to Ron Paul this fifth of November. The suggested donation is $100, but even if you can’t give that much, give what you can. (I went in with two friends to raise the hundo, which should be doable for just about everyone.) He’s already racked up over $3 million today; let’s see if [...]
The Department of Sports Mashups Gone Wild brings you chessboxing! Will a world class speedwalker run when threatened? Answer here. Take a gander at these five horrific urban legends that aren’t legends at all. Sorry for the sparse showing; it’s a slow week for fun I guess.
Two pieces of good news in one week, both from the criminal justice system nonetheless. New evidence has been introduced that may yet exonerate the West Memphis Three–who, if you’re anything like me, you are mostly familiar with through the documentary Paradise Lost featuring an all Metallica soundtrack. To review: In 1994, three teenagers in [...]
