Darwin and Justin Halpern

So people talk about Darwin's theory of evolution as the survival of the fittest, but from what I 've heard his theory is really about death of the slowest/oldest.  Someone else (I think Herbert Spencer, a Darwin contemporary) is the one who came up with the survival of the fittest phrase.  Anyway, to make a weird connection, I was on Justin Halpern's "Shit my Dad Says" website and I liked this shit that his dad said:

"You don't have to be good to succeed. You just gotta be the least shitty option. Example: We're eating at The Olive Garden."

Incarceration Map and Chart

These are originally from a Pew report on incarceration that was published in 2008 called 1 in 100 Behind Bars.  I actually found these on someone's blog when I was searching comparisons in state spending for education and prison.

Tom Tomorrow

This guy does some great work.
Taken from crooks & liars.

Another SNL Skit

I can't help but find stuff like this hilarious.  I guess it's the child in me.

SNL Skit of Rush Limbaugh

Courtesy of Saturday Night Live by way of Crooks and Liars:

Panel Discussion on Juvenile Justice in New Orleans: March 22

Check it out.

Screening of the Film "Backlash: Race and the American Dream" at the Louisiana Humanities Center

This looks like an interesting film.  March 13th at 6pm.  I pasted the announcement below.


For Immediate Release                                            
LHC Director Brian Boyles at 504.620.2632 or boyles@leh.org

Political enthusiasts, film buffs, historians this is an event just for you.
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities on March 13th at 6 pm Turners' Hall • 938 Lafayette St. will screen Backlash: Race and the American Dream, a film about the controversial candidacy of David Duke's race for the United States Senate.