…or Soon the Southpaw Revolution Will Come! Lifehacker has a post about switching to a RTL (right-to-Left) orientation which should make using one’s smartphone
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Iggy Azalea and the New Minstrels
Recently, Azealia Banks has gotten into a huge battle with the white Australian rapper Iggy Azalea over Iggy’s cultural appropriation of blackness, calling it
Continue readingIndia’s Pragmatism – Staying the Frak Out of the Middle East
In a provocative essay in Foreign Affairs, Shashank Joshi lays out the reasons why India has, by and large, stayed out of Middle Eastern
Continue readingSTOP Trying to Make Pluto a Planet Again!
… Or Pluto is a Ball of Rock & Ice, not a Cartoon Dog A few years ago, the International Astronomical Union standardized the
Continue readingThe USA, NATO, Russia, China, and the Monroe Doctrine
In his latest show, Common Sense podcaster Dan Carlin talked about how the actions of Russia are in large part an answer to NATO
Continue readingGet Yer Head Outta Yer Arse, Arizona
The state legislature of Arizona recently passed a law allowing that would allow business owners, as long as they assert their religious beliefs, to
Continue readingKarma’s Not a Bitch, Your Dogmas Are…
Every once in a while, I like to put on Chris Rock’s comedy special Bigger & Blacker. If you haven’t seen it, do so.
Continue readingThere are No Moral Dilemmas in Canine Police Work
Recently, Rocco, a K-9 Officer who works here in Pittsburgh was fatally stabbed by a 21-year-old man with a criminal record and a reported
Continue readingBite Me, Tiger Mom
One of the commenters over at Rod Dreher’s blog made such an astute and balanced thought that Rod had to single it out. And
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