Tuesday, July 23, 2019
There are Constitutional provisions that address re-drawing state boundaries, and the process is complicated enough that it is something that is unlikely to ever happen. Even so, playing with maps is fun, and considering the Electoral College implications is likewise amusing
Monday, July 22, 2019
On hipsters. This is a topic that Norman Mailer grappled with- if The White Negro had been written with a slightly different perspective it might have worked better. Nevertheless it seems notable that the best theory for the etymology of the term is that it is from a Wolof word that means to “open one’s eyes” or “be aware.”