Your Analytic Analeptic: For Your Further Enlightenment XIX

Friday, May 13, 2011

Mother Jones: "The Science of Why We Don't Believe Science"
Salon: "A patriot's guide to still hating Obama for killing Osama: How dare this president take credit for the tireless work of George Bush and the power of torture?"
Inside Higher Ed: "The Shirley Sherrod's of Academe?"
Jane Mayer, The New Yorker: "Bin Laden Dead, Torture Debate Lives On"
TechCrunch: "Here’s the guy who unwittingly live-tweeted the raid on Bin Laden"
Paul Krugman, "Hume Day"
The Daily Beast: "Why Osama bin Laden was not taken alive"
Andrew Sullivan: "Sitting Is Deadly?"
NPR: "Is the End Nigh? We'll Know Soon Enough" (What our contempt for critical thinking has wrought, Exhibit A)
The Daily Beast: "The Right-Wing Talk-Radio Flameout"
The Ticket: "McCain Ladies Feud with Glenn Beck" (As if you needed any further proof that Beck is a complete asshole. Hey, Glenn: you know what's ridiculous about your "fake vomiting session?" The fact that you are an ugly son of a bitch, that's what. The recession is ending and your fifteen minutes are up, Glenn. Now go fuck yourself.)

JuniperMay 14, 2011 at 8:58 PM
You once gave great advice on differentiating between misguided and well-founded bias. After looking through post after post, I couldn't find it. If you wouldn't mind, would you please share your thoughts on the subject once more? Thank you, and I hope you're well.
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JuniperMay 14, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Also, I miss your posts! Things must be crazy busy with you, eh? I was suffering w/writers block for a while, hopefully settling in my new home in CA will stir up the creative juices. Although the writers block did clear the way for *some* necessary rumination, it mostly sucked.
At any rate, I sincerely hope to see more posts from you soon!
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ΦMay 17, 2011 at 4:41 PM
Hello! I've been too busy for the blog, and I feel as if I my passion bucket may be running low. A recent segment on The Daily Show about the manufactured Common controversy (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-11-2011/tone-def-poetry-jam---lyrics-controversy) sort of captured my growing lack of enthusiasm for this. Maybe I just need to recharge a bit. Anyway, I hope your new surroundings help. And thanks again for your support and kind words. I have some thoughts about one of your recent posts and I hope to post them eventually.
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JuniperMay 18, 2011 at 3:42 PM
That clip was hilarious. Thank you for sharing.
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