In Brief

Dear Diary – October 2nd
People love a good heart-warming yarn, and I see the appeal. Assessing humanity by its more common tendencies is uncomfortable and self-implicating. But if we can't call out the problem we can't fix it. We can't raise our children with as much focus on grace and empathy as we put on competition and advancement.
Dear Diary – September 24th
While it is meant to protect people, I cannot remember the last time I saw the law used to pull down power on behalf of the powerless. I am convinced more and more that it is not meant for that.
We Could Be Heroes
Tammie Jo Shults. We'll all be hearing her name for the next 48 hours or so, and we should be. Tammie saved 148 lives when she calmly piloted her 737 to an emergency landing. We should all remember Tammie.
Not Sure I Get It…

The biggest evidence of terrorism’s idiocy is its pursuit of lost causes. Yes, they succeed in causing terror, but then what, materially? I’m less concerned with “what do they hope to achieve?” and more with “how can they possibly hope to achieve it?”… Read the rest

Think Of The Children

“Now you know how you have destroyed the lives of your sons by your life of deceit. Fuck you,”

That’s Mark Madoff, Bernie Madoff’s son, in writing, before he tried to kill himself with an Ambien overdose, topped off with Lorazepam, in 2009.… Read the rest

On Nutrition Experts

I wonder about experts, sometimes.

Recently I tried an intermittent fast: I’d eat a small breakfast, then a late lunch/early dinner, and then nothing until breakfast the following morning, allowing ~14 hours between late lunch and breakfast the next day. The idea, according to experts, is (i) overall caloric intake is reduced; (ii) my body is forced to burn reserves after ~12 hours without food.… Read the rest