Day: August 30, 2009

If I were a progessive . . . IFRL-TLC-Scenery-annie-spratt-1064409-unsplash

If I were a progessive . . .

Will August 30, 2009

I think I’d be downright enthusiastic about Bill Bradley’s plan to marry health care reform with tort...

the continuing oddity of the circumcision debate IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-25259448167_329b33cdc8_b

the continuing oddity of the circumcision debate

Freddie August 30, 2009

The continuing debate on circumcision and HIV infection is very strange. Circumcision is tangential to the politics...

Sunday Poem Series IFRL-Mindiv-03761v

Sunday Poem Series

Freddie August 30, 2009

Who Goes with Fergus? by William Butler Yeats WHO will go drive with Fergus now, And pierce...

Ted Kennedy on the Rocks IFRL-TLC-War-specna-arms-1136431-unsplash

Ted Kennedy on the Rocks

Will August 30, 2009

Over the past few days, a few people have pointed me to this GQ profile of Ted...

Dark Matter in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025RE: Cowing the West Bank Lebanon-style A lot of people in Lebanon want to have a functioning state.…
Fish on Saturday Morning Gaming: Blue PrinceNever been much of a "puzzle game" guy, to the point where I'll even google the solution to most puz…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Well, private organizations can do what they want and freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from co…
Fish on Weekend Plans Post: Caffeine RitualsI fully support your coworker in her act of defiance against this random act of management. Reminds…
Jaybird in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025May we compare to the pro and anti Israeli/Jewish DEI/Intersectional movement?
Jaybird in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025There is no doubt in my mind that the party needs it and I have similar skepticism to yours. That sa…
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025I don't think the inclination to shake up an aging establishment is wrong. The party needs it. What…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025Huh, he even wrote an op-ed yesterday... Here's the money: Eight years ago, the Democratic Party was…
Jaybird in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025The DNC Chair does, however. I suppose I can see his POV... Hogg doesn't get to do this as a DNC Vic…
LeeEsq in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/21/2025TL/DR of my comment: I want to hear the plot and the plan for attacking global anti-Semitism whether…