The trite wisdom of contemporary folklore instructs us that the arrival of the New Year is a time to reflect on the achievements of the preceding 365 days and to bear down and “resolve” to achieve more in those to come. Over time, we learn what a hydra-headed beast this is: no matter how many [...]
[Today’s guest post is by longtime reader and commenter Mitch Golden. Thanks, Mitch! If you’re a Freedom to Tinker reader and have a great idea for a guest post, please let me know. — Ed]
Last Friday I was at a movie preview for a concert mov…
Twice each year the top 100 or so television critics in the U.S. lock themselves in a Los Angeles hotel for a couple weeks to meet all the producers and stars of TV shows being offered in the coming months. In January and July this ritual takes pla…
When an invitation to the facebook group came along, I was happy to sign up as an advocate of ScienceDebate 2008, a grassroots effort to get the Presidential candidates together for a group grilling on, as the web site puts it “what may be the most i…
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
