Here’s a great piece in the Atlantic (referenced in often-annoying-but-not-this-time David Brooks’ column) about a longitudinal study started at Harvard in the late 30s, still going on today. The study sought to choose some of the most promising and well-adjusted Harvard undergrads (including JFK) and study them as a model of “the good life.” Of [...]
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searching for the good life
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
oh, ACLU, please save us from this
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
i don’t know which is scarier: that virtual strip search machines at airports might be happening, or that only 2% of travelers have a problem with it. sigh.
a random thought
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
that i am most assuredly not bored with my job right now.
i am so not bored of course that i don’t have time to write about it, but think that the not-boredom in itself is notable, since i have been bored with most every other job i have ever had. even if the job was [...]
look it’s me
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
i’m in the new york times! well, not me specifically, but the collection of many thousands of lawyers and lawyer types who will be out on election day making sure that this year, whoever wins, wins. i’ll be protecting the vote in las vegas and look forward to a hell of a fiesta next tuesday [...]
oh, snap Maverick family!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
turns out that the real Mavericks are some badass progressives:
Considering the family’s long history of association with liberalism and progressive ideals, it should come as no surprise that Ms. Maverick insists that John McCain, who has voted so often with his party, “is in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.”
“It’s just incredible — [...]
weird nostalgia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged asia, history, literature, politics, reflection, sri lanka, travel on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
maybe some of you reading this know that i spent a summer living and working in sri lanka while i was in law school. i was working in a constitutional reform NGO, which was great especially since there were 2 or 3 constitutional crises while i was there (back when public officials totally giving [...]
chimps get human rights *and* political correctness
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
probably the two go hand in hand these days. from 2 recent editorials in the NY Times:
first, a resolution passed in Spain’s parliament granting legal rights to apes. the main thrust being that living beings that differ from humans by a miniscule 2% of their genetic material should not be used in forced performances for [...]
PSA re tire safety
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
according to an ABC news report, tire age is just as important to your safety as how deep the treads are, but manufacturers/distributors obscure the age & sell old, dangerous tires as new. this report tells you how to look out for this trick.
this kid rocks
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
this Canadian high schooler figured out how to accelerate the biodegradation of plastic bags for his high school science project. awesome that he did this, kind of sad that no one else has yet since his project drips of common sense. but yay for him .
the cynic and senator obama
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
really well-written piece in Esquire magazine, observing Obama from the point of view of the cynic. the narrator is cynical not only about the Bush regime, but (rightly, imo) about the whole course of recent American history that made the Bush regime nearly inevitable. no time to write more about the piece right now, but [...]
