Flotsam and Jetsam

Just because you write history, does not make you an historian. Today's example is Jon Meacham. Even if you don't feel any embarrassment, please do us all a favor Mr. Meacham, and please crawl back to your Georgetown cocktail circuit without yelling at any of your interns. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doofuses-in-the-mist

Just when the thought of all the Subway I ate as a teenager wasn't disturbing enough. Now comes this gem: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/subway-takes-chemical-sandwich-bread-protest/story?id=22373414

Medicare pays for penis pumps? Why, yes, it actually overpays for them. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ig-report-penis-pumps-ves

Wonderings

Cul-de-sacs are bad for you. Really. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2013/12/10/why_cul_de_sacs_are_bad_for_your_health_happy_city_by_charles_montgomery.html

Is David Brooks still a smug, holier-than-thou asshole? Why, yes, yes he is. http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/01/03/talking-heads-for-prohibition/

Yo! History, bitch. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/01/you-have-to-know-history-to-actually-teach-it/282957/

Old and trusty

Adios facebook? Probably. http://www.ibtimes.com/facebook-removes-search-privacy-it-time-delete-your-profile-1422948

Now I am afraid that a small, but significant chunk of the country is scared of modernity. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-04/why-republicans-shut-down-the-government.html

Yesterday was a crazy day on the Hill, but this was by far the most surreal thing to happen there: http://www.businessinsider.com/house-stenographer-removed-during-vote-2013-10

Fucking Georgia: http://www.volokh.com/2013/10/22/copious-amounts-constitutionally-protected-sodomy-occurring-great-state-already/