February 2012
Cooking Tips and Cooking Questions Answered -... →
For once, excellent tips.
“Use common sense. Prioritize your time. There is never a right time to have kids...”
– Meet Joanne Wilson, Fred Wilson’s Wife And Investor In 17 Startups
Yep. 4ML
“Any distinction between renting out your body for sexual gratification and...”
– What’s The Big Deal About Sex? - Ross Douthat
(I disagree with Ross about the policy implications, but this is a cogent view that is too often dismissed.)
“In the cluster of OECD countries in the bottom left corner of the chart,...”
– Yglesias
Important for France.
“Policy demanders have multiple identities and multiple affiliations. My sense is...”
– Reihan
“The entertainment industry relies heavily on the notion that artists have been...”
– Innovate or Legislate - National Review Online
amodelstudent:
France!
sexartandpolitics asked: It seems to me that the access to the institution is the point of the same sex marriage push. There are institutional benefits to a marriage license, both in terms of State granted rights and privileges (the ability to pass property tax free, to a certain point, for one) and societal recognition of a legitimate relationship (husband has more cachet than boyfriend).
“Michael Masnick, a blogger and venture capitalist who has taken a leading role...”
– Innovate or Legislate - National Review Online
It's kind of amazing
that liberals are stating as utterly obvious the idea that marriage is a purely private contract, when it has never in the history of humanity been understood that way.
This, more than institution-vs-contract (which is really a subset of this), and “traditional”-vs-same sex, is what is profoundly changing here.
I still support same-sex marriage, but I’m pretty sure if the...
Moar kids = moar freedom →
Wherein I make the following arguments
- Natalist policy is compatible, if not with “libertarianism” as it currently exists, with what I might call “classical liberalism properly understood.”
- Natalist policy is good for the economy
- Natalist policy is good for economic freedom
- Natalist policy is good for freedom, period
- Natalist policy is good, period
(And also...
“My basic argument is that in an economy where the majority of people are...”
– Matt Yglesias on his The Rent Is Too Damn High
“I’m telling you, I was almost walking out with three puppies. It’s so hard....”
– Jennifer Aniston on getting a dog. In Sophie’s Choice, a mother at Auschwitz has to choose whether her 10-year-old son or 7-year-old daughter will live. (via officialssay)
“A few years ago, when I was beginning to work on my book about the American...”
– Andrew Delbanco (via ayjay)
CONSTANT SIEGE: Flaubert on encountering strangers →
claytoncubitt:
“I’m obsessed with inventing stories for people I come across. A overwhelming curiosity makes me ask what their lives might be like. I want to know what they do, where they’re from, their names, what they’re thinking about at that moment, what they regret, what they hope for, whom they’ve loved, what they dream of… and if they happen to be women then the urge becomes intense. How...
“Radicals, liberals, and progressives have dismissed conservatism as a mental...”
– The American Conservative » Right Minds
“More than at any point in our history, the smartest people generally go to high...”
– How Meritocracy Divides Us - Ross Douthat (via ayjay)
“The international mission in Afghanistan has done some terrible things — locking...”
– If Afghans Want to Reject the U.S. and Embrace Theocracy, That’s Their Right - Max Fisher - International - The Atlantic (via ayjay)
Well, sure. But are “the Afghans” really making that decision? Are the women of Afghanistan really making that decision? There are many obvious reasons to...
Amazon.com: The Rent Is Too Damn High eBook:... →
yfiles:
YOU WANT TO BUY THIS BOOK!!
You do!
“How many times have you written something, published it, and then realized in...”
– Mandy Brown (via ayjay)
In my view, this is what Twitter is for.
“I am not sure why the issue ever captured my attention, but it evolved beyond...”
– From Patrick’s Perspective: Origins of Consensus
“Personally, my pro-life beliefs belong to the discoveries in science. While I am...”
– From Patrick’s Perspective: Origins of Consensus
Yep.
“22. Nobody cares. Do it for yourself. Everybody is too busy with their own...”
– 30 insights from Hugh MacLeod on how to be creative. (via curiositycounts)
“Si vous voulez savoir ce qu’il y aura dans six mois dans Les Echos, lisez...”
– : L’actu media web - Le tonton flingueur de la presse de la presse française a encore frappé
ZING!
“A co-worker, also black, “said the exam is built to exclude blacks because it’s...”
– Black at Stuyvesant High — One Girl’s Experience - NYTimes.com
#facepalm
“The Dead were pioneers in nontraditional marketing…focused on first creating...”
– Barry Barnes, Everything I Know About Business I Learned From The Grateful Dead (via tdevane)
sexartandpolitics:
tenley:
22nd Century |...
“What I like to say is that Mother Nature writes some things in pencil and some...”
– crazy, was just asking someone about where we’re at in the study of epigenetics.
A Thing or Two About Twins [NatGeo] (via thenoobyorker)
“Wired Consulting will be a bespoke business consultancy, sharing its “access and...”
– The power of consultancy to make even seasoned journalists start talking in meaningless managementspeak never ceases to amaze. You’d think that speaking-in-English would be the obvious way for journalists to differentiate themselves in this market. I guess not.
Condé Nast U.K. Launches Wired...