Homer Simpson

Look at the Timing of New COVID Revelations

Thomas Buckley writes for Issues and Insights about interesting developments in the COVID-19 story. When it comes to all things COVID, it seems as if the worm is turning. The…

D’oh!

Better (liberal) living through television…..

Leave it to NPR to take note of the latest pop cultural phenomenon: Television is :finally on board with public transportation: In the 1990s and early 2000s, TV shows didn’t…

Viva Sausage and Booze

Do you think the French could use Homer Simpson long about now? When the Paris police start banning street parties because they might offend Muslims…isn’t that just another surrender?

Doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome

Benjamin Franklin is often credited with saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Whether it was Franklin, or…

Life imitates “The Simpsons” ? New Keynesian edition

Life: Democrats in Congress were also pushing ahead with efforts to assemble a second economic stimulus program. That effort got a timely endorsement on Monday from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben…

How to argue like a university debate coach

We have, on occasion, discussed different forms of argument. We have not, however, encountered this: An argument between two debate coaches that was caught on video was not the sharp-witted…

Another Reason Uptown is Not Manhattan

A parking spot — a parking spot — is going for $225,000 in Manhattan. And there is a waiting list for them. The average price of a home in Charlotte…

We interrupt this program ….

In the midst of our usual discussion of the politics of proctology, football, Homer Simpson, the magical pig, and other cultural icons, I’d like to take a moment and recognize…

Homer, Bart, Groundskeeper Willie …

A new survey found that Americans know more about the Simpsons than they do the First Amendment.

Gamblor Attacks!

With apologies to Homer J. Simpson, the prediction we made back in September is coming true: Full-on casino table games at Indian gambling houses in the state are on the…

Re: Miers and Burger

Or, Life Imitates the Simpsons (alas): Homer: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court! What great men he would join: John Marshall, Charles Evans Hughes, Warren Burger… mmm… burger. Note: “Miers…