How to not choke at sports Jason Kottke, kottke.org

Anti-connectome-ism | Mo Costandi Mo Costandi, Science: Neurophilosophy | guardian.co.uk

Honey Boo Boo Nation Rod Dreher, The American Conservative » Rod Dreher

1000 years of war in 5 minutes Jason Kottke, kottke.org

Thanks to Adams, 'Trouble with the Curve' paints the corners Jon Weisman, The Vote

Teaching journalists to read | Felix Salmon “But if I were hiring, the first thing I’d look at would be the prospective employee’s Twitter feed. What are they linking to? What are they reading? If they’re linking to great stuff from a disparate range of sources, if they’re following smart people on Twitter, if they’re […]

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A forever toast to the Toaster Jon Weisman, Dodger Thoughts

Christianity, Liberalism, and Love of the Other, Part II « The Orthosphere “We respect other communities, and we think it proper that foreigners should love their own countries as we love ours, but our love and our loyalty necessarily belong to our own communities alone” …because love is a love of THIS, not of some […]

Some thoughts about XOXO “Don’t try to be everyman. Don’t pretend you’re a member of every community you visit. Don’t try to be citizens of some artificial globalized community. Go deeper into your own tradition. Call more upon the geography of your own past. Be distinct and credible. People will come.”