Your Mid-Week Experiment

Last weekend’s essay got outdated in a hurry. I wrote how adult politics subsumed the demands from children to do something about guns. Then someone shot a good friend of the Governor of Kentucky, and suddenly Republicans there are doing something about guns. The lesson is clear: Lower the voting age so politicians care whether the opinions of high school students matter.

Let’s get to it:

I love Coach Pop, chapter a bajillion (Washington Post)

“The Least Popular Man in Washington” (Molly Ball)

“Nothing Really Has a Name” (Raptitude)

“Does Austin Have a Serial Killer Problem?” Well, does Betteridge's law of headlines still hold? (Evil MoPac)

Super-easy shrimp scampi recipe (New York Times Cooking)

My favorite way to make bacon — no splatter everywhere, crispier bacon — is to bake it (New York Times Cooking)

Oh boy. Perry Mason is back for season dos.

Not sure about The Big Door Prize yet, but with its Schitt’s Creek pedigree, I’m going to give it four episodes to make its case.

Unstable is a confectionary send-up of our worship of tech moguls.

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