I've been thinking some about conservativism, lately - especially in light of... well, of Trump.

And it seems to me that there's a basic failing that we-as-conservatives have had - a failure to clearly communicate what that label means. Let me see if I can make sense of this ( Read more... )

Periodically, jd3000 and I get into an argument on Twitter; these typically end in one of us lamenting that Twitter is ill-suited for such debates.

I'm setting aside this space, basically, so that if we ever feel like continuing in a more conducive venue, we have one pre-made.

So, yesterday I finished Season 1 of Agents of SHIELD, which generally followed the trajectory predicted by Penny Arcade. I'm about as far into the target demographic for this show as I could be, and it's still something of a struggle to enjoy watching it. There are a myriad of reasons for that - the bland, stereotyped characters, the lack of good ( Read more... )

I recently was pointed towards a Catholic blog article, here, that asked the following question of modern Protestants:

[I]f you took a time machine back to the millenium from 200-1200, what Church would you be in communion with ( Read more... )

So ladyarkham and I have been playing a lot of Warmachine lately. For those unfamiliar, Warmachine is a minis game set in a fantasy universe where the elves, dwarves and wizards, on discovering that their bows and spells weren't enough to drive off the dark lords, invented enormous steam-powered robots to do the job for them. Players in the game control a ( Read more... )

Things that stumble into my brain late at night:

( To the tune of Call Me Maybe )

Reading this tweet finally crystallized an essay I've been meaning to write after a couple of recent conversations.

Namely: why, to so many liberal Americans, is politics such an intensely personal matter?

( Some Disclaimers )

( To the tune of Same Old Lang Syne )

So. Let's talk about ( marriage )

So today (still lacking internet), I thought about Urinetown.

( The musical, that is. )