Monthly Archive: January 2012

Jan 29 2012

My Treatise on Atheists in Politics is Now a Kindle Book

I know what you want. You want a heavily footnoted, yet deliciously readable academic tract on the plight of American atheists in the contemporary political environment. But you don’t want it to be too long — 50 pages or so will be fine, thank you — and you don’t want it to be so tied to …

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Jan 17 2012

Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns Explanation, as Performed by Kermit the Frog

It’s obviously very important to Mitt Romney that people understand with absolute clarity what his position is on the release of his tax returns. To help him out, I’ve enlisted Kermit the Frog to reiterate Mr. Romney’s explanation from last night’s debate.

Jan 05 2012

In Defense of E-ink and Plain Old Words

At The Loop, Matt Alexander predicts the coming demise of e-ink-based readers. His contention, which may be right, is that the rapid evolution and decreasing prices of tablets will render “electronic paper” to sub-niche status. I can believe that if what we now know of as tablets become so crisp and readable for long durations, then yes, …

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