Archive Index - Jane the Actuary

July 31, 2016

Why are America’s roads so much worse than Europe’s?

You can't help but notice the European roads -- smooth as a baby's bottom. Well,...

July 30, 2016

Speaking of strange hyphenizations . . .

Yeah, this is more of an annoyance than anything, but I observed the other day...

July 29, 2016

“Stronger Together”? What I heard in Clinton’s speech

Side note: I go back and forth between writing "Hillary" and writing "Clinton." In general, it's...

July 28, 2016

What does “Muslim-American” mean?

Would you say, of the friendly Patheos Catholic blogging team, "they're Catholic-Americans"? Would you refer...

July 28, 2016

The #DNCLeak: where does conspiracy theory start and end?

The Russians did it, because they want Trump to be president, because he's said he...

July 26, 2016

What about being “personally opposed” to the death penalty?

So lots of people are upset that Tim Kaine is a professing Catholic who has...

July 26, 2016

Who deserves a Facebook flag tribute?

The French had their "Je suis Charlie" moment, followed by Bataclan. Then we changed our...

July 26, 2016

Why does Trump want the presidency, anyway?

Some possible reasons: A. For his own personal financial enrichment. B. For the ability to...

July 24, 2016

What about a third-party vote?

Should I vote for this man? That's Gary Johnson, of the Libertarian Party. Fellow blogger...

July 22, 2016

Munich (the latest in the “pray for” series . . .) – with updates

From the Daily Mail (of course): "'Several dead' and 10 injured in shooting rampage inside...

July 22, 2016

J’accuse (#RNCinCLE)

Jeb Bush. Marco Rubio. Ted Cruz. John Kasich. Chris Christie. And all their top-level donors, supporters,...

July 21, 2016

And when neither evil is “lesser”?

After 5 weeks of travelling, staying in equally-many rental apartments, and dealing with jet lag...

July 21, 2016

Slate author: no such thing as a “male body”

No surprise, I guess, but a Slate author, Chase Strangio, went further than I've yet seen...

July 20, 2016

Was the failed coup a Reichstag fire?

So I told you in my prior post that we drove to Lindau as one...

July 19, 2016

Munich

It’s rainorama here. Or rainapalooza. Rain in the forecast as far as the eye can...

July 18, 2016

Cardinal Marx is a d***ed fool

The latest stats are in -- that is, those for the church withdrawals in Germany...

July 15, 2016

So, is the Rainbow a permanent flag now?

Two images from the U.S. Consulate in Munich today: Yes, if it's not clear, the...

July 13, 2016

Rainbows, traffic lights, and the New Civil Religion

Here's a picture from our walk around Munich yesterday. Yes, that's a Gay Pride crosswalk...

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