Day: January 28, 2009

Beyond the Stimulus? IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-gemaldegalerie.the-wings-of-the-wurzach-altar-10

Beyond the Stimulus?

Chris Dierkes January 28, 2009

David Leonhardt writing in the NyTimes: But while Washington has been preoccupied with stimulus and bailouts, another,...

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Painting in broad strikes

Erik Kain January 28, 2009

Helen Rittlemeyer thinks I’m talking trash about her kind of conservatism. In a previous post, I wrote:...

Finding Humility for the Sake of Positive Partisanship IFRL-TLC-Scenery-24335965295_e6ecc7b7f3_o

Finding Humility for the Sake of Positive Partisanship

Guest Authors January 28, 2009

by Kyle Moore (Note: this post is MOSTLY ripped straight from my comments to one of Scott’s...

Talking About the Same Thing IFRL-Mindiv-fernando-valenzuela-1229781-unsplash

Talking About the Same Thing

Mark of New Jersey January 28, 2009

Professor Joseph Wagner of Colgate University, one of the three professors who most influenced the development of...

Schools, segregation, and gay rights IFRL-Mindiv-alex-iby-434004-unsplash

Schools, segregation, and gay rights

Erik Kain January 28, 2009

Freddie asks: Hey, why would someone like me be more invested in building a legal defense of...

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Of Maus and Men

Erik Kain January 28, 2009

Last night, which happened to be International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I attended a lecture by Pulitzer prize...

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pragmatics first

Freddie January 28, 2009

Hey, why would someone like me be more invested in building a legal defense of gay marriage...

Jaybird in reply to DensityDuck on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Any given special-interest group has concerns that are serious and legitimate and, unfortunately, so…
Philip H on American Foreign Policy Drive-by: Houthis and the Blowfish EditionAs with so much of this administrations work, performative war works for people with short attention…
DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025"It’s not related to his arguments that we should primary useless Democrats in safe seats. It’s beca…
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025And, to be perfectly honest, removing Hogg from his seat not because "you can't sabotage Dems in goo…
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Even a blind squirrel is right twice a day.
LeeEsq in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Like it should be blindingly obvious to people that there is a big issue in Islam's adopting to mode…
Saul Degraw in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Eh. I think David Hogg should have stayed but that in the end this is kind of gossip for the very on…
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025The DNC is run by f*cking idiots. This is why no one believes Democrats about anything. If Trump was…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Good news/Bad news. The bad news first: David Hogg's election to the position of Vice-Chair is a ste…
Jaybird on From New York Magazine’s Intelligencer: Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through CollegeThe Chronicles of Higher Education has a cri de coeur: Is AI Enhancing Education or Replacing It? It…