Double MeatBack when I lived in Chicago, there was a big kerfuffle one summer when Barnes and Noble displaced…No doubt the protestors would’ve found joy in the irony of this corporate cuckolding — the erstwhile bull was now the hapless cuck — but I…Oct 17, 2020Oct 17, 2020
Double MeatIncentivesWe Americans are a hefty lot. Almost 70% of us are either obese or overweight. And 25% of our annual medical spending is for…Sep 18, 2020Sep 18, 2020
Double MeatAfter spending the winter getting carnal with the locals, the fellas set off for the second half…Their mission was to find an all-water route through the Northwest that would link the Atlantic with the Pacific. One thing I didn’t know…Aug 23, 2020Aug 23, 2020
Double MeatJust finished the excellent Ken Burns doc on Lewis & Clark and the outstanding book it was based…Apparently, the Natives couldn’t keep their hands off these guys. But, after thinking about it, it’s not really that surprising.Jul 30, 2020Jul 30, 2020
Double MeatTaking things for granted…One silver lining to the COVID pandemic is that it’s given us more time to step back from the rat race and appreciate the everyday things…Jul 17, 2020Jul 17, 2020
Double MeatTCaught a Ken Burns doc and knocked out a small Christopher Hitchens book on old Thomas Jefferson last week. Dude was a riddle, wrapped in…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Double MeatSomething NThere are various consumer protection laws to protect the public in nearly every commercial transaction. These laws check the worst…Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
Double MeatBasquiatThere’s a decent PBS doc on Jean-Michel Basquiat, a Haitian-American artist from the 80’s whose paintings now go for over $100M. He’s got…Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020
Double MeatLaurent Duvernay-TardifRemember in Good Will Hunting when professor Lambeau said, “Sometimes I wish I had never met you. Because then I could go to sleep at…Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
Double MeatA Thorny IssueWas listening to a podcast the other day and heard that a somewhat-famous deceased person had a previous stint in the skin trade.Jun 12, 2020Jun 12, 2020