Day: January 13, 2010

Live-blogging Haiti IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-GAPD-uffizi.hercules-and-the-hydra-and-hercules-and-anteo-61

Live-blogging Haiti

Erik Kain January 13, 2010

TPM is live-blogging developments in Haiti.

Evaluating Teachers IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-428207

Evaluating Teachers

Will January 13, 2010

Opponents of merit pay often argue that performance-based compensation punishes good teachers for factors beyond their control....

Journalism ain’t what it used to be IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.the-berlin-potsdam-railway

Journalism ain’t what it used to be

Will January 13, 2010

Foreign Policy collects a few hilariously anachronistic quotes from media coverage of England’s 60s-era counter-insurgency operations in...

The Best Avatar Review Yet IFRL-TLC-Scenery-federico-beccari-62960-unsplash

The Best Avatar Review Yet

Will January 13, 2010

The Russian Communist Party weighs in on the issue of the day.

The Age of Ideological Uncertainty IFRL-TLC-Scenery-kevin-fitzgerald-385792-unsplash

The Age of Ideological Uncertainty

Will January 13, 2010

Indulge me, if you will, in a little self-reflection. I would probably describe myself as a libertarian...

Obama’s secret vault IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-Seamonk

Obama’s secret vault

Erik Kain January 13, 2010

Chuck Norris is much more entertaining as a conspiracy theorist than he was as an actor. He...

Andrew Donaldson on Panamanicans: U.S. Troops in PanamaWas tempted to go with "Panamaniacs" here, to be honest...
David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Um, no. Literally none of what other people do is relevant to if a specific person committed a crime…
Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Military spending is roughly half of that $1.6T discretionary spending I think Musk didn't review th…
Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…