PinnedMonterey SlimTALL, DARK, AND UNHINGED: A SHORT EXTRACTIt took just a single bullet to kill my lovely wife and drive me insane. The autopsy report was brief:Mar 16Mar 16
PinnedMonterey SlimReparations for WomenQ: Should the US Government (i.e. the tax payer) pay reparations to women for denying them the right to vote until the 1920s?Feb 9Feb 9
PinnedMonterey SlimTaylor Swift Can’t SingHow did Taylor Swift get so famous? She has a common-or-garden voice, and her music is frivolous. She sings simple songs plainly, as might…Feb 7Feb 7
PinnedMonterey SlimAgatha Christie was a Glorified Hack, a Snob, a Bigot, and a RacistShe wasn’t the first into the detective genre, by any means. Edgar Allan Poe wins that accolade with The Murders in the Rue Morgue, the…Feb 18Feb 18
PinnedMonterey SlimRacketeering and the Catholic ChurchI’ve long believed that the widespread sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church amounts to racketeering, in which case the Church…Feb 25Feb 25
Monterey SlimAbeBook is a Book Lover's ParadiseToday, I was looking for a good introductory book on the philosophy of mind. I searched Amazon, and found Vicissitudes of the I: An…Mar 14Mar 14
Monterey SlimHemingway for JuvenilesI find Ernest Hemingway’s prose a bit juvenile. He is widely praised for his simple direct style, but some might call it simplistic not…Mar 3Mar 3
Monterey SlimEncircled by the Reddit PackI was savaged on Reddit yesterday when I made the evidently unpardonable, but seemingly common, mistake of posting about the AppleTV+…Mar 2Mar 2
Monterey SlimU.S. Budget Deficit by PresidentAccording to The Balance, three of the top four highest federal budget deficits were run by Republican presidents:Feb 28Feb 28