Only six months left to 2018! Cheer up, next yr. has to be better.

NotionsCapital on "side-hustlin'": Are Uber (& Lyft) helping or hurting urban congestion?

Funny pages: Civility Zombies, from Alas! A Blog.

Democracy: Not at work in these United Snakes; Bradford deLong reminds us, & provides the numbers. Numbers don't lie, y'know.

More Bee Ess at the border: Bob Broughton types a letter.

And a good analogy, from Pharyngula.

My work & week here is done! My work at Web of Evil (& Ennui) is never done, although it is often 'phoned in.

- M. Bouffant