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Buffalo Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick scrabbles during the first half of an NFL preseason football game the Washington Redskins in Landover, Md., on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)



America hates its children

I feel exhausted whenever I hear conservatives fall upon the mindlessly affective “think of the children” defense of their barbarous proposals for school curriculums and general social regressivism.

Hobbies and mediocrity: you don’t have to be good at everything

Writing became something I had to be good at in order to share.

Whatever happened to the dormitories of yesteryear?

Two images come to mind: One is of cinder block-walled rooms hidden behind brutalist edifices, and the other is of air-conditioned suites bathed in natural light.