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Books/politics

Probable Futures

Posted on Friday, January 25th, 2019 by Will Cox

“Improbable Futures,” the last chapter in Better to Have Loved (2002), is derived from an interview given by Judith Merril for a documentary six months before h...

politics

Feed Me, Seymour

Posted on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 by Will Cox

Polls out recently show Andrew Cuomo ahead among likely voters in the Democratic primary election in New York, and the other day the various unions declared the...

law/politics

Because I Said So

Posted on Tuesday, July 31st, 2018 by Will Cox

There is, yet again, a sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church. I have not followed all the details, being somewhat unconcerned with Church politics a...

Books/politics

Yes, I like The Shire

Posted on Monday, July 30th, 2018 by Will Cox

In his New York Times column last Sunday, Ross Douthat remarked The teenage nerd enters conservatism through either Atlas Shrugged or Lord of the Rings, and bet...

politics

Certainly Meaning Matters

Posted on Friday, April 6th, 2018 by Will Cox

Spectator sports are relaxing because I know I can't affect the outcome.

family/politics

Proud to be an American, Where What?

Posted on Thursday, April 5th, 2018 by Will Cox

I overhead part of an odd conversation between No. 1 Son and No. 2 Son that came while they were preparing for bed after we’d watched The Gamers: Humans &...

law/liberty/politics/security

The War on Terror

Posted on Monday, March 26th, 2018 by Will Cox

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. What are arms?...

law/learning/politics

Shut Up and Sit Down

Posted on Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 by Will Cox

The Arlington (NY) Central School District, after declaring a snow day because it was snowy, sent parents a note regarding the possibility of intentional studen...

politics/sadness

Belonging

Posted on Thursday, March 1st, 2018 by Will Cox

Schools are some of my favorite places in the world. Were I to rank the pleasures in my life, they would be there with libraries, forests, and the quiet of an o...

politics

The Kids are Alright

Posted on Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 by Will Cox

And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They’re quite aware of what they’re going th...

economics/law/politics

Business Ethics

Posted on Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 by Will Cox

One of the products I worked on at Prodigy was ProdigyBiz, since expired. ProdigyBiz basically sold brochure-ware. You too can have a presence on the Internet! ...

economics/food/politics

We Have No Choice

Posted on Monday, December 18th, 2017 by Will Cox

I read Underground Airlines yesterday. It’s fresh in my memory. This morning browsing through Edible Santa Fe I ran across an advertisement for work the Q...

communication/politics/rant

The Customer Perspective

Posted on Thursday, December 14th, 2017 by Will Cox

There’s too much wrong with the FCC — in all its various political, technical, and regulatory aspects — to get into arguments on the line. How...

politics

But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord

Posted on Friday, November 17th, 2017 by Will Cox

It seems only appropriate that Kevin Spacey should play the lead in House of Cards. The recent outburst of sexual assault allegations following an article in th...

politics

Practice What You Preach

Posted on Thursday, November 16th, 2017 by Will Cox

Character matters.

law/politics

Gaming the System

Posted on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 by Will Cox

Today is election day. The children, in this school district, have the day off. It should be a state or national holiday, if elections are important to this civ...

politics/rhetoric

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right

Posted on Sunday, November 5th, 2017 by Will Cox

What with the renewed interest in a Russian antagonist recently, it has become fashionable in some circles to dismiss criticism as use of a rhetorical device th...

communication/General/politics

Pictures of It Didn’t Happen

Posted on Monday, October 30th, 2017 by Will Cox

Twitter and smartphones have changed the art of citation on the Internet. It’s not enough to quote something and to link. A picture must also be included ...

law/politics

Whose Safety is Secured through Obscurity?

Posted on Thursday, October 26th, 2017 by Will Cox

The rules of the game determine how it is played. And if few but the players know the rules, the spectators can be confused. They might believe in an ideal vers...

politics

It’s a Grand Old Flag

Posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2017 by Will Cox

I do not think I come from unique circumstances, nor that I am exceptionally gifted an observer, but I continue to be astonished at the number of people I know ...

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