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Radical Georgia Moderate – Hidden provision in Voter ID bill

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Radical Georgia Moderate – Hidden provision in Voter ID bill “So, bravo to the Republicans for once again out-thinking the Democrats.” How did they out-think them, and on what issue? They made it harder for folks to vote in runoff elections. Follow the link to the Radical Georgia Moderate for more details.

New York Times Magazine: The Unregulated Offensive

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Jeffrey Rosen in The New York Times Magazine: The Unregulated Offensive As Epstein sees it, all individuals have certain inherent rights and liberties, including ‘’economic’’ liberties, like the right to property and, more crucially, the right to part with it only voluntarily. These rights are violated any time an individual is deprived of his property … Read more

Is That a Poem? – The case for E.E. Cummings

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Is That a Poem? – The case for E.E. Cummings. By Billy Collins, at Slate “In the long revolt against inherited forms that has by now become the narrative of 20th-century poetry in English, no poet was more flamboyant or more recognizable in his iconoclasm than Cummings. By erasing the sacred left margin, breaking down … Read more

Benefits (Ftrain.com)

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Paul Ford of Ftrain shares some thoughts on health insurance benefits: “What insurance promises is continuity in the face of fate. If you’re uninsured and you get hit by a car, you are basically screwed. While you heal up you’ll have a hard time making a living, and once you’re healed you’ll have an itemized … Read more

Unsharp Mask

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”[This tip] involves two things: 1) images that are transformed to a size, say, 75% or smaller from the original size, and 2) the Unsharp Mask filter. Now, I’m speaking in Photoshop terms on that second one, so those of you who speak Fireworks will have to translate for the rest of us.” Using the … Read more

Á La Carte!

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Peter Hertzmann’s recipes for fine French cooking, painstakingly presented. Also well-diagrammed knife skills, including illustrations, and more and more. The lamb recipes attracted me first, and apparently legs of lamb are on sale after Easter….

Smithsonian Global Sound

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Smithsonian Global Sound: “Beautiful music from around the world. $0.99 downloads. Audio samples. Support local musicians and archives.” Files in MP3 format, with no DRM limitations. Via boingboing.net.

John Sayles’ Matewan

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At J.D.’s, our group watched Matewan, about the 1920’s effort to organize the coal mines. I can only paraphrase Sayles’ comments in the production notes from the DVD, but the combination of capitalist greed at its most rapacious and a violent leftist populism makes for a powerful and disturbing story. Capitalism brings wealth and benefits … Read more