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Step Aside, Affleck

…there’s only one Batman. I looked up this scene for an email joke the other day, and just had to share. Everything about this is hilarious–make sure you see what the writers told kids Batman drinks at the bar. No martinis for Adam West.

“Is This Thing On?”

This old post still gets some constructive feedback. Check out 5 of the last 6 comments. These guys actually think I was waiting for Hitchens to die, as if he would care what some economist put on a blog. This is the same attitude that makes Bill Nye say, “!@?#?@#? I can only conclude that […]

Callahan Avoids the Rhetorical Traps Laid By His Interlocuters

In this post, Gene complains about the vacuity of the Turing Test. In the comments, three humans unanimously report that based on analysis of what Gene typed on his keyboard, they do not believe that he understands the Turing Test. Gene, being a good Irishman, immediately perceived the danger to his position in the argument. […]

Intellectual Vertigo

If you like rollercoasters: (A) Read this, then skim this. (B) After that warmup, read this, then skim this. Be civil in the comments, kids. Maybe we can win them back.

The Adults in the Room Can’t Stand That Schoolyard Bully Trump

I believe this is how Socrates dealt with a boor, as well: (I didn’t cut and paste. The reason I made this post is that the above happened to be contiguous in my Twitter feed.) I’m being dead serious. I couldn’t stand Trump in the beginning of this thing. But seeing people call him Hitler […]

Another Interesting Facebook Misunderstanding

A while ago I posted about the misunderstanding people had when on Facebook I said something like, “Has anyone tried sending ISIS the Carpenters’ Christmas album? I’m not saying it would work, but we should at least try.” I meant that Karen’s voice was so sweet and lovely that it would calm even the angriest […]

Potpourri

==> This EconTalk with James Heckman is great. ==> John Goodman on Krugman on health care. ==> When I read this article about the Fed internally wondering whether it would be legal to charge negative interest rates, I imagined Bernanke like this. ==> I realize Bryan is ultimately disagreeing with Jerry Taylor, but I don’t […]

A Fun Potpourri

==> Hillary Clinton says aliens may have already visited us, and back in 2009 she referred to the New York CFR office as “the mother ship.” I’m not saying she’s an alien, but… ==> Brittany Hunter wants libertarian women to be careful not to go for the cheap tactic of using their looks to get […]