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John Paul Stevens, Disrobed
Full disclosure: I am not exactly what you’d call “qualified” to write about Justice John Paul Stevens’s public lecture on Tuesday, October 11th. I was definitely there.
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Quack Music
I, like Kanye West, take great pleasure in talking about Kanye West. The brilliantly talented, ubiquitous egomaniac is a dual force of unbelievable music and even less believable controversy. Ye’s lyrics are witty, provocative, and complex, sometimes even bordering on academic (perhaps appropriate for an artist whose early career was university-themed)—check out this rhyme off…
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Cerebral Flatulence
William Shakespeare once wrote, “A fart by any other name would smell as stanky.” And it does: See toot, or passed gas, or broken wind, or cut cheese. Each euphemism refers to the same thing, and that thing is the expulsion of intestinal gas through the anus, often bearing an unpleasant aroma. Traveling north, however,…