The concept of ‘spending money to make money’ seems to elude many people. When the stimulus came up in the United States (and to a lesser extent here in Canada), people were outraged. “Isn’t that just like a liberal to try and spend their way out of a problem? Spending is what got us in this …
Monthly Archive: November 2011
Nov 16 2011
The inherent racism of “Tough on Crime”
I’ve talked about the need for diversity before, as a way of making policy more effective. When you have a plurality of voices articulating their position, you stand a better chance of hearing new ideas. Diverse groups may be more unwieldy, but they are far less limited in scope than homogenous groups because a variety …
Nov 15 2011
Warning: this story is full of win
Sometimes the stuff I blog about gets me pretty down. There’s a lot of ugliness in humanity, and a lot of things to despair about. The ever-persistent stain of racism, rampant and unabashed misogyny, the easy lies of conservatism… it’s enough to wring a tear from even my stony gaze, and I have to reach …
Nov 15 2011
Sunlight: the best disinfectant
When I started this blog, I wasn’t anti-police. I saw police as a necessary part of society, with individual officers being basically decent people who react badly when the chips are down, due to over-work and high-stress jobs. My view of individual officers hasn’t changed much, but as I learn more I have begun to …
Nov 14 2011
It’s a banner day!
There is a famous biblical passage that reads: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Whether or not that’s true in general (spoilers: it isn’t), it is certainly true in the case of my request for a new banner for the blog. …
Nov 14 2011
Crommunist joins a cult (part II)
In which our hero continues his narration of attending a workshop for a self-help program. Read Part 1. What if everything you ever wanted… came in a ROCKET CAN? Okay, so this presentation wasn’t quite as entertaining as Powerthirst, but it amused me for the span of an evening. When we left off, the audience had …
Nov 14 2011
Skepticism in action: Crommunist joins a cult
Some times I have fun adventures. This is a story of one of them. I have a friend (who I will call Valerie for the sake of clarity) who, although we get along quite well, I find to be a bit credulous. I’m sure if you asked her, she’d tell you that, although we get …
Nov 11 2011
Movie Friday: Je me souviens
No post today. It’s Remembrance Day. Like this article? Follow me on Twitter!
Nov 10 2011
Oh, and there’s also this
I’m so forgetful. Sometimes I get so enamored of my own writing that important things slip my mind. The pragmatic argument is not the only reason I’m a feminist. There’s also the empirical one: The SAT I is designed solely to predict students’ first year college grades. Yet, despite the fact that females earn higher grades …
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