February 2011
13 posts
Embarrassed Republicans Admit They've Been... →
Yup, just about.
: On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and... →
oversets:
On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography
William Gibson spoke recently at BEA. He said this:
“If you’re fifteen or so, today, I suspect that you inhabit a sort of endless digital Now, a state of atemporality enabled by our increasingly efficient communal prosthetic memory. I…
B-Gibs= reblog. Duh. The blog description says “CYBERPUNK” right in it, so what...
daveholmes:
When I was 9, my parents threw a birthday party for some old great-aunt or -uncle or other and invited the whole massive extended family. We’re Irish, so it was packed. Last to arrive was my great-uncle Freddy, a jolly widower who had recently taken up painting. He showed up with a huge package and gave it to my parents. “This is for you,” he said. “Open it right now!”
They did. It...
10 Things Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know... →
Reagan was a serial tax raiser. As governor of California, Reagan “signed into law the largest tax increase in the history of any state up till then.” Meanwhile, state spending nearly doubled. As president, Reagan “raised taxes in seven of his eight years in office,” including four times in just two years. As former GOP Senator Alan Simpson, who called Reagan “a dear friend,” told NPR, “Ronald...
