Several good books dealing with the American penal system and its effects on other aspects of American society are slated to appear this year. The first of them has just been published. Locked Out, by Jeff Manza and Chris Uggen examines the consequences of felon disenfranchisement laws for political participation and electoral outcomes. As might […]
The BBC are running a story about SWAT raids. The hook is the case of Dr Salvatore Culosoi, a Virginia doctor who was under investigation for illegal gambling. Culosi was unarmed, had no history of violent behavior, and threatened no-one during the raid. He was shot dead by a police officer. A striking statistic from […]
“Whatte the swyve?” you say? Anothere of myne servauntes hath just dyede of the blacke death. This other useful acronyms from Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog. (Via Making Light.)
As always, the choices are limited to maudlin, drunk, and maudlin drunk. I choose drunk.
Rounds
Carol Ann Duffy
Eight pints
of lager, please,
and, of draught Guinness, nine;
two glasses of pale ale—a squeeze
of lemon in that port—a dry white wine,
four rums, three G-and-T’s, a vodka—that’s the lot.
On second thoughts, you’d better give me one more double scotch.
A half
of scrumpy […]
A bit of nonsense from Philip Longman by way of Daniel Drezner, about how conservatives are going to out-reproduce liberals:
It’s a pattern found throughout the world, and it augers a far more conservative future — one in which patriarchy and other traditional values make a comeback … Childlessness and small families are increasingly the norm […]
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