Monthly Archives: December 2015

Complicated and Complex Problems In The Conservative Heart

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Thomas Mets

I just read Arthur Brooks’ The Conservative Heart  and there is an excellent metaphor (page 66) on the difference between problems that can be solved and those that can’t. LBJ’s intentions were certainly good, and the goals he envisioned were … Continue reading →

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The House Where Spider-Man Grew Up

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Thomas Mets

For the Spider-Man Crawlspace, I wrote about the house where Spdier-Man grew up and the family that lives there. In the comics and the films, Peter Parker grew up in the neighborhood of Forest Hills in the borough of Queens … Continue reading →

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When the First Clinton Campaign Used Inappropriately Accessed Online Data

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Thomas Mets

The Bernie Sanders/ DNC fight about information accessed from the Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign is similar to a story from George Stephanopoulos’s memoir All Too Human. Continue reading →

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The Real Reason Peter Parker and Mary Jane Broke-Up

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Thomas Mets

One More Day was a cover-up. The gif comes from the opening of a PSY parody music video.  

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The Most Important Spider-Man Comic Book of the Last 20 Years

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Thomas Mets

For the Spider-Man Crawlspace, I wrote about my selection for the most important Spider-Man comic book fo the last 20 Years. It would also be my selection for the most important American comic book: Ultimate Spider-Man #1. Because early issues … Continue reading →

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An Islamphobe’s Previous Encounter With The NYPD

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Thomas Mets

Piro Kolvani,  a Florida man who did not do his state proud, attacked a Muslim storeowner, yelling about a desire to kill Muslims. The NYPD is looking into investigating this as a hate crime. They had been unaware of the Islamophobic … Continue reading →

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