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The North Remembers 2016-06-04 5:00 PM

A little HBO swag from my sister.

Muhammad Ali at UWM (1971) 2016-06-04 2:04 PM

“I would have had him autograph my forehead, but I have to wash my forehead.”

Donald Trump Is Blatantly Racist and the Media Is Too Scared to Call Him Out on It 2016-06-04 11:55 AM

A Big Merger May Flatten America’s Beer Market 2016-06-02 5:19 PM

Bob Pease (president and chief executive of the Brewers Association) in an Op-Ed published by The New York Times: “America’s beer drinkers ... read more

Donald Trump and the Judge 2016-05-31 11:00 PM

“[I]t is particularly important to note when Mr. Trump’s statements go beyond the merely provocative or absurd and instead represent a ... read more

A Renegade Muscles In on Mister Softee’s Turf 2016-05-30 11:04 PM

This story? Basically Season 6 of The Wire.

Risk Scores Attached to Defendants Unreliable, Racially Biased 2016-05-30 4:28 PM

Today in horrible algorithms: COMPAS (Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions). “[A] ProPublica analysis has ... read more

The Education of a Libertarian 2016-05-27 5:11 PM

Peter Thiel’s addendum to an essay on his political ideology is amazing. “I believe that politics is way too intense. That’s why I’m a ... read more

2016-05-27 3:36 PM

“I for one, don’t dispute Peter Thiel’s right to back Hogan’s case. I simply think he’s an asshole for doing it, and a coward for having ... read more

Peter Thiel Is Trying to Destroy the Media 2016-05-27 3:30 PM

Felix Salmon is worried about the company Thiel keeps or rather the companies that might keep Thiel. In particular, Facebook: “One can only ... read more