The best kinds of alternate history take a real event just one step further just to see what might have been.
Conservatives confused by ‘Fortunate Son’ | MSNBC
Conservatives are pretty dumb. Case in point.
You know, like music. Or reading lyrics. Or history. Or irony.
How to Defeat Ebola – NYTimes.com
If any of you in the future are still in a nation called the United States that provides basic freedoms to its citizens, then I congratulate you.
If all of those conditions do not apply, here is a pretty good spotlight on what we should have done instead of going down the crazy path we probably did instead.
This backcountry cook you’ve never heard of is a legend at Yosemite National Park | Public Radio International
The older I get, the more I enjoy finding out about those who didn’t get into the history books. They seem to have the better stories.
Six Words: ‘Must We Forget Our Confederate Ancestors?’ : NPR
Your ancestors kept human beings in chains and treated them as property. No, you don’t get to absolve them of their acts to make you feel better about your ancestry.
Oh, also, they committed treason you damned “patriots”.
Video: This Is How Ramen Noodles Are Made | Food Republic
Fantastically Wrong: The Murderous, Sometimes Sexy History of the Mermaid | WIRED
Doing some on-site tech support on a slow-ish day and increasing my mermaid knowledge.
Dog Whistling About ISIS — and Latinos Too | BillMoyers.com
Some Republicans are using race and fear to push their own flawed worldview into our tarnished political space?
I don’t believe it.
Right.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Turing and Enigma – CBS News
I really want to see this movie. Damn shame what they did to this man.
Who is Saul Alinsky, and why does the right hate him so much? – Vox
A little background on one of those folks conservatives hate without really knowing a damn thing about him.