We hit 100,000 views a few days ago, and to celebrate (if that’s the right word) we’re listing the best posts we’ve published, divided by category. Here’s the first installment. Addictions Alcoholics Anonymous Does More Harm Than Good Alcoholics Anonymous Is Not Effective Alcoholics Anonymous Is Religious, Not Spiritual Anarchism Anarchist Science Fiction: Essential Novels […]
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Our Best Posts (Addictions, Anarchism, Atheism, Baseball, Capitalism)
Posted: September 27, 2019 in Addictions, Anarchism, Atheism, Baseball, CapitalismTags: Addictions, Alcoholics Anonymous, Anarchism, Atheism, Capitalism, Christianity, Faith, God, Islam, Lee Elia, Nonviolent direct action, Prostitution, Quotations, Religiosity, Science fiction, Self-made man, Wage Labor, Yogi Berra
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Best Blog Posts 2015 (Politics & Economics)
Posted: March 22, 2016 in Capitalism, Civil Liberties, Economics, Philosophy, PoliticsTags: Argument by Analogy, Donald Trump, False dichotomies, FBI Entrapment, Food Politics, Jury nullification, Nonviolent direct action, Sabotage, Work Week Length
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog Posts 2015 (Atheism & Religion)
Posted: March 20, 2016 in Atheism, Book Reviews, Christianity, Humor, Islam, Livin' in the USA, ReligionTags: Pascal's Wager, Prosperity Gospel, Richard Dawkins, Salman Rushdie, taxes, The Satanic Temple
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog posts 2015 (Humor)
Posted: March 18, 2016 in Humor, ReligionTags: Baseball, Eric Wong, Homeopathy, Lee Elia, Mick Berry, Pascal's Wager, Solipsism, Stand-up comics, Yogi Berra
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog Posts 2015 (Science, Skepticism & Science Fiction)
Posted: March 16, 2016 in Science, Science Fiction, SkepticismTags: Andy Weir, C.J. Samson, Daleks, Definition of Science, Dominion, George Turner, Homeopathy, Intrusion, Ken Macleod, Neal Stephenson, Paolo Bacigalupi, Robert Silverberg, Scientific Method, Seveneves, The Martian, The Water Knife, We Yevgeny Zamyatin
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog Posts 2014 (Anarchism, Libertarianism, Politics, Philosophy)
Posted: March 15, 2016 in Anarchism, Libertarianism, Philosophy, PoliticsTags: Objectivism
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog Posts 2014 (Music)
Posted: March 13, 2016 in MusicTags: Blues, Cajun, Calypso, Country, Funk, Gospel, Klezmer, Musical Advice, Ska, Zydeco
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog Posts 2014 (Addictions)
Posted: March 13, 2016 in AddictionsTags: 12-step programs, Addictions Treatment, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholism
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog Posts 2014 (Science, Skepticism, & Science Fiction)
Posted: March 11, 2016 in Science, Science Fiction, SkepticismTags: Alcoholics Anonymous, Ancillary Justice, Astrology, Charles Stross, Culture novels, Homeopathy, Iain M. Banks, James P. Hogan, Michael Crichton, Robert Pirsig, Terry Bisson, The Player of Games, The Rhesus Chart, Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
Best Blog Posts 2014 (Atheism & Religion)
Posted: March 10, 2016 in Atheism, Cults, Humor, Mormonism, ReligionTags: Cult Characteristics
We started this blog in July 2013. Since then, we’ve been posting almost daily. When considering the popularity of the posts, one thing stands out: in all but a few cases, popularity declines over time. As well, the readership of this blog has expanded gradually over time, so most readers have never seen what we consider […]
A Blast from the Past: America’s newest theme park — NaziWorld
Posted: July 8, 2017 in Atheism, Christianity, Humor, Livin' in the USA, Politics, Religion, Science, SkepticismTags: Creation Museum, Creationism, Disbelief 101, Donald Trump, Holocaust denial, S.C. Hitchcock, Springtime for Hitler, Theme parks, Water sports
(For the last few months we’ve been running the best posts from years past, posts that will be new to most of our subscribers. This one is from 2013. We’ll be posting more blasts from the past for the next several months, and will intersperse them with new material.) by S.C. Hitchcock, author of […]
A Blast from the Past: Anarchism: What It Is and What It Isn’t
Posted: July 4, 2017 in Anarchism, Capitalism, Civil Liberties, Libertarianism, PoliticsTags: Amoral egoism, Anarchism, Anarchists, Anarcho-syndicalism, Anarchy, Chaz Bufe, Chris Hedges, Colin Ward, Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, Egoism, Emma Goldman, Equal Freedom, George Orwell, Government, Homage to Catalonia, Keith McHenry, Laissez-Faire Capitalism, Libertarian Party, Libertarianism, Luigi Fabbri, Mikhail Bakunin, Murray Bookchin, Mutual Aid, Negative freedom, Organization, P.J. Proudhon, Peter Kropotkin, Positive Freedom, Primitivism, Rudolf Rocker, Terrorism, The Anarchist Cookbook, The State, Vanguardism, Voluntary cooperation
(For the last couple of months we’ve been running the best posts from years past, posts that will be new to most of our subscribers. We’re just starting to run blasts from the past from 2014 — this is the first — and will be posting them for the next few months; we’ll intersperse them […]
During the nearly four years of this blog’s existence, we’ve put up close to 1,200 posts. Most subscribers will never have seen most of them. For that reason (and a bit of laziness on our part), over the coming months we’ll repost the best pieces that appeared in years past, starting with posts from 2013. […]
Sharp and Pointed’s 2016 year in review
Posted: January 2, 2017 in Addictions, Anarchism, Anarchist science fiction, Book Reviews, Mormonism, Music, Science FictionTags: Al Perry, Alcoholics Anonymous, Blogging, Brigham Young, Calypso Music, Country music, Funk Music, Mormon Missionaries, Mormonism, Soca Music, The Martian
2016 was a good year for us (if not for U.S. democracy, the rest of the world, and the environment). In our first half-year, in 2013, this blog received 2,500 hits; in our first full year, 2014, it received 8,000; in 2015, 9,800; and in 2016 the number jumped to 14,900. We also hit 400 subscribers […]
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