{"id":7627,"date":"2019-05-18T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/?p=7627"},"modified":"2019-05-17T18:55:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T22:55:56","slug":"stick-to-baseball-5-17-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/18\/stick-to-baseball-5-17-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick to baseball, 5\/17\/19."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For ESPN+ subscribers this week, my look back at the 2009 draft went up, with <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/30olFpS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a redraft of the first round<\/a> and a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/30r1CaG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the first-round misses<\/a>. I also wrote a scouting post on <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2Ef2CFe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">some Orioles, Royals, Yankees, and Blue Jays prospects<\/a>, including the top prospect in each of the first three organizations coming into the year. I held a <a href=\"https:\/\/klaw.me\/2YyfkXb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klawchat<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>And now, the links\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Longreads first: The <em>Guardian<\/em> looks at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2019\/may\/16\/olof-palme-sweden-prime-minister-unsolved-murder-new-evidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the ongoing and now renewed investigation into the assassination of Olof Palme<\/a>, the Swedish Prime Minister who was shot and killed on a Stockholm street in 1986.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>New Yorker<\/em> goes deep on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/05\/13\/who-owns-south-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the question of land ownership and redistribution currently roiling South Africa<\/a>, which has some of the greatest economic inequality in the world.<\/li>\n<li>Also from the <em>Guardian<\/em>&#8216;s Long read program, why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2019\/apr\/30\/busting-the-myth-that-depression-doesnt-affect-people-in-poor-countries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">depression is not merely a disease of affluent countries<\/a>, and how developing nations need more resources to focus on citizens&#8217; mental health.<\/li>\n<li><em>New York<\/em> looks at how <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2019\/05\/los-angeles-fire-season-will-never-end.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the wildfire season in California has become unending thanks to climate change<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Dr. James Hamblin explains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2019\/05\/vaccine-safety-program\/589354\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and why it doesn&#8217;t mean vaccines are unsafe<\/a>, at <em>The Atlantic<\/em>. The VICP is a favorite talking point of anti-vaxxers, who refuse to understand how the program works or that it exists because litigious parents nearly drove vaccine manufacturers out of the market.<\/li>\n<li>Alabama&#8217;s new abortion ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpersbazaar.com\/culture\/politics\/a27484973\/alabama-abortion-law-rape-incest-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is akin to torture, mimicking a popular war crime<\/a> we&#8217;ve seen recently in Bosnia and the Congo. I said on Thursday that I will not cover the SEC tournament this year or in the near future because of this law.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/politics\/austin-fort-worth-houston-risk-measles-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin, Fort Worth, and Houston are all at risk of measles outbreaks<\/a> thanks to the hard work of anti-vaxxers (and their friends in the extreme religious right, like state Rep. Jonathan Stickland).<\/li>\n<li>Members of a closer anti-vaxxer group on Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/withoutacrystalball\/2019\/05\/anti-vax-facebook-group-threatens-to-overthrow-u-s-government\/\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">are calling for the violent overthrow of the U.S. government<\/a> in response to rational, science-based laws that make it harder for parents to refuse to vaccinate their school-aged children.<\/li>\n<li>Former evangelical Christian Sara Olson writes of <a href=\"https:\/\/leapsmag.com\/my-parents-raised-me-to-be-a-science-denier-so-i-educated-myself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">learning about science after growing up in a denialist household<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Truthdig examines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthdig.com\/articles\/facts-dont-care-about-ben-shapiros-feelings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how an innocuous BBC interview exposed the vacuous nature of Ben Shapiro<\/a>, who accused the conservative host of being a bias left-winger before abruptly ending the interview.<\/li>\n<li>A sci-fi author showed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifiandscary.com\/this-is-not-a-review-of-hells-shadows\/\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how not to deal with someone about to publish<\/a> a negative review of your book.<\/li>\n<li>The recent imbroglio at my alma mater over a law professor being removed from his post as Winthrop House faculty dean <a href=\"https:\/\/catholicherald.co.uk\/dailyherald\/2019\/05\/13\/has-harvard-conceded-to-the-great-awokening-the-truth-may-be-more-complicated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">involves far more serious charges than the Harvey Weinstein narrative implies<\/a>. Prof. Ronald Sullivan joined the legal defense team for Weinstein, which did spur some outrage by students, but his removal comes after a long series of allegations of inappropriate behavior on his part as head of the upper-class student house.<\/li>\n<li>A white Tennessee pastor raped his adoptive daughter for several years, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/story\/news\/crime\/2019\/05\/09\/former-pastor-nets-12-year-prison-term-rape-adopted-daughter-david-lynn-richards\/1143006001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a white male judge sentenced him to just twelve years<\/a>, rather than the 72 years prosecutors sought \u2013 even though the now-convicted rapist continues to deny guilt in the face of her allegations and DNA evidence.<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco pie shop Mission Pie <a href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2019\/05\/custards-last-stand-mission-pie-vs-the-gig-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has refused to do business with food delivery services over their high surcharges<\/a>, which they would have to subsidize by raising prices for customers dining in-store.<\/li>\n<li>Virginia Del. Danica Roem (D) has ended up in the spotlight after her surprise win in 2018, and she&#8217;s using it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/virginia-politics\/in-a-pivotal-year-danica-roem-uses-her-spotlight-to-boost-other-virginia-democrats\/2019\/05\/12\/205fce2c-5261-11e9-88a1-ed346f0ec94f_story.html?utm_term=.13ad7b619bee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to try to help other Democrats across the state get elected<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Anti-gay, anti-Semitic, totally American preacher Steven Anderson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-48252527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was denied entry to Ireland<\/a> under a previously-unused immigration statute, with the Irish Minister for Justice citing &#8220;the interests of public policy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Israel&#8217;s ruling party is in turmoil over claims <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world\/la-fg-israel-netanyahu-supreme-court-knesset-20190516-story.html\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prime Minister Netanyahu is trying to reduce their Supreme Court&#8217;s power to protect himself<\/a> against three ongoing corruption cases.<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who churns out policy proposal after policy proposal, has also proposed a 2% wealth tax above $50 million and an additional 1% on wealth over $1 billion. <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2019\/02\/constitutional-concerns-are-a-major-risk-for-a-wealth-tax.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If enacted, it will likely be challenged as unconstitutional<\/a>, and the outcome of such a case is an open question.<\/li>\n<li>Monsanto has now lost three straight jury trials over glyphosate (the main ingredient in Roundup) despite a lack of any scientific evidence that the chemical is harmful to humans; David Bernstain of the Volokh Conspiracy (at <em>Reason<\/em>) explains <a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2019\/05\/16\/the-crazy-verdicts-against-bayer-monsanto-in-the-roundup-litigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">why these verdicts are so outrageous<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For ESPN+ subscribers this week, my look back at the 2009 draft went up, with a redraft of the first round and a look at the first-round misses. I also wrote a scouting post on some Orioles, Royals, Yankees, and Blue Jays prospects, including the top prospect in each of the first three organizations coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[828,1110,939,190,961,969,799,870,1111,477],"class_list":["post-7627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-climate-change","tag-gilead","tag-harvard","tag-links","tag-longreads","tag-mental-health","tag-science","tag-stick-to-baseball","tag-sweden","tag-texas","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7629,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions\/7629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meadowparty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}