Monthly Archives: February 2012

This is a tough post to write, but honesty in ideas and experience is important to a writer, and powerful experiences both positive and negative need to be explored. But when you’ve been a real ass, it’s tough to come … Continue reading →

I’m generally not one to make Tragedy Of The Commons type arguments, largely because they tend to be used by right-wingers to justify private ownership of just about everything (although often neglecting the fact that government ownership often allows the … Continue reading →

    So often we get an urge to do something outrageous, but the civil impulse, not to mention an instinctive need to keep a low profile, holds us in check. And yet, when we do risk approbation, it often … Continue reading →

This is a particularly odious example of bureaucratic head-up-the-ass syndrome: In 2010, the President of the World Bank committed an additional $750 million to basic education over the five subsequent years, with a focus on countries struggling to meet the … Continue reading →

  Just a quick notice: some damned bot tried to hijack my comments section and I was getting tons of spam comments that I had to moderate. Each comment was sending me a notification email which got a little unwieldy … Continue reading →

I’m thinking it might be time to get another tattoo. I know tats have become cliché, especially among the under 30-set, but this isn’t some kind of creaking old hipster yearning for bygone days. I have one tat that I … Continue reading →