Weekend link dump for September 21

I once had “equinox” played against me in a Scrabble game. On a triple word score square. Needless to say, I lost that game.

How to find your tribe, in one easy step.

“Rigorous studies tend to find that wellness programs don’t save money and, with few exceptions, do not appreciably improve health.”

This is so going to be me someday. Probably someday soon. Pray for me.

On fatherhood and academia, which is not unlike fatherhood and other white collar professions.

You always knew this was true.

That Mark Sanford sure is a prince, isn’t he?

“It happened like this: Rather suddenly — in about a decade — white evangelical politics, identity, piety and dogma were rewritten and recentered around the assertion that a wicked Other was murdering babies.”

Remembering Jerry Coleman on his 90th birthday.

There she is, Miss America, talking about domestic violence and her own experience with it.

On a lighter note, do you want to know which Miss America contestant slapped a shark while she was a kid? Now’s your chance to find out.

Having said that, and having read this, I’ll say something I haven’t said in many years, if ever: I’m a fan of the current Miss America, Kira Kazantsev.

There’s so much beauty and happiness in the photo, and whatever relationship it had to 9/11, I wanted to care for it until I could return it to its owner.”

Know who brews your beer.

I’m no more a native speaker of this than MeMo is, but I totally believe that “y’all” can be either singular or plural.

Taking Your Glasses Off And Slowly Rubbing Your Temples: An Introduction”. It’s a prerequisite for the advanced class.

I’d forgotten how crazy Little House On The Prairie had gotten towards the end of its run.

“What if we simply banned states and local governments from poaching jobs from each other, or giving tax dollars to private corporations“? I think once all the heads finished exploding, it would be very beneficial.

“After decades in which Republicans successfully exploited cultural wedge issues, Democrats are now on the offensive in the culture wars.”

The Facts of Life are still all about you.

Patrick Stewart continues to be one of the world’s great mensches.

Boy, nothing says “the reason for the season” like a Halloween-themed Christmas tree, on display in September.

“If the federal government is truly interested in using social policy to reduce inequality, then, it is likely more effective to help people choose when to have children, rather than hoping they marry before they do.” That would be true for state governments as well, not that you could tell from Texas.

“In other words, the members of the Fifth Circuit panel seem to believe that anything short of a nationwide ban on abortion does not amount to an undue burden on women’s rights. This is the argument that will soon be heading to the Supreme Court.”

“We’re safer today not because of broken windows or three-strikes laws or 20-year sentences for dealing cocaine. We’re safer because we’re no longer poisoning our children in ways that turn them into hair-trigger thugs.”

It’s Silver versus Wang in a poll-watching smackdown.

FIBA relaxes its ban on religious headwear, for now.

“This just in: Saving the planet would be cheap; it might even be free. But will anyone believe the good news?”

Were you a fan of WKRP In Cincinnati? Then this is relevant to your interests. Also, that was one hell of a soundtrack.

The Connie Britton/Kirsten Gillibrand TBT photo won the Internet this week.

“So basically it’s a simple case involving a discrepancy between the number of limbs claimed to be missing and the number that are actually missing. It’s not the first such case. It’s just that here the discrepancy happens to be 12.”

The point of corporal punishment is to make the child suffer. However you feel about spanking kids, in whatever fashion, we should be clear about that.

What might sensible discipline for NFL player misconduct look like?

The people who have benefited from Medicaid are the best advocates for it.

Ted Cruz is the worst. Next I’ll tell you something you didn’t know.

It’s fair to ask why Hope Solo hasn’t faced any team or league discipline for her domestic violence arrests.

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