Kevin KilroyI’m not sure why Stewart is backing off here, but I suspect it’s because a lot of these older…The only explanation, I think, is that Stewart, after having just defended Chappelle, doesn’t want to be lumped in with critics of Rowling…2 min read·Jan 6, 2022----
Kevin KilroyI wonder why people use ad-blockersI’ve been using Opera for a little while, which has a built-in ad-blocker. I recently switched to Firefox because I discovered that…3 min read·Sep 13, 2021----
Kevin KilroyI’m loathe to defend anti-vaxxers, and indeed, strictly speaking, I am not going to defend those…Of course, as the articles do point out, this isn’t what happens in I Am Legend, either — the zombies were created by a virus, not a…2 min read·Aug 10, 2021----
Kevin KilroyThe UK, where millions live in povertyThe BBC has an account today of the Lazarus heist, the 2018 hack of the Bangladesh bank reserve by North Korea. It’s largely worth skipping…3 min read·Jun 26, 2021----
Kevin KilroyNew issue of Barzakh Magazine outI basically act as support staff so I periodically forget that I co-edit a literary magazine, but our most recent issue of Barzakh Magazine…1 min read·Jun 17, 2021----
Kevin KilroyThe fuck is The Daily on aboutAnd meantime, nobody is talking about how to tax this growing wealth, how to capture the value of these huge piles of assets. Nobody is…2 min read·Jun 16, 2021----
Kevin KilroyBack to school, back to schoolI don’t disagree that we’d be better off with kids (and college students, for that matter) back in the classroom this fall, but it bothers…3 min read·Jun 11, 2021----
Kevin KilroyMistaken understandings of bias in researchComer goes on to somehow suggest that because Keefe wrote a deeply researched, rigorously documented book about the Sacklers, his testimony…2 min read·Jun 10, 2021----
Kevin KilroyMuch like AV Club’s Stephen Robinson, I’m always amazed by the people who take Joe Rogan seriously.The argument, as I remember it (and as I would put it) was that people like Rogan and his supporters hold those beliefs for misguided…3 min read·Jun 9, 2021----