Ranting Nerd

I don't post here much any more, but I have started posting at https://twitter.com/nerdranting .

When John Yoo (JOHN YOO!) says that you remind him of Mussolini , you're seriously authoritarian.

Leo Rosten famously defined chutzpah as the quality that allows man to kill both his parents and then beg the court for mercy because he’s a...

People are worried about the current attempt to pin the nickname "Dangerous Donald" on Donald Trump. This is understandable; th...

Via Slate comes a story about a new PAC dedicated to convincing straight white guys to not run for office. It's really clever and wel...

Today's (retrospectively obvious) thought regarding The Panama Papers : Rich people are overwhelmingly against a world government [1] ...

Warning: this review will spoil huge chunks of Star Wars: The Force Awakens . I really liked Star Wars: The Force Awakens . I thought Rey ...