Ages, places, and nations sometimes have characteristic architectural forms. Sometimes these forms, like vinyl-clad McMansions, or the decrepit and vaguely totalitarian National Mall, tell you things about a culture that its members would rather...
Daniel Larison makes a point that should be blindingly obvious were it not for the need for our talking heads to turn every single election into a referendum on the talking heads’ own framing...
Not much to add to this one, except to say that it gives us an amazing window into the paradoxes of a country facing the pressures of globalization and traditional culture (what used to...
Opponents of high speed rail make several points about its viability: rail is a “19th century” mode of transportation; rail would be under-used and therefore would need massive subsidies to function; infrastructure in the...
Via Andrew, Jonathan Bernstein thinks the Democrats should pass the bill regardless of the public’s distaste for the process: Reconciliation is thirty years old, and there’s nothing at all wrong with using it to...
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on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025The rightist media sphere decides that Trump's tariffs will make you more manly: https://www.lawyers…
on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This probably explains at least some of my outdated thinking. I'm operating with a 13 or 14 year old…
on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025US Applicant week at the University of British Columbia: From April 14-18, select UBC graduate progr…
on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Seriously, imagine saying this with a straight face: The majority also said detainees under the act… on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025America was engineered to select against ambient social pressure since the day the 1st Amendment was… on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Wall Street deluded itself about Trump: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion/trump-stock-marke… on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025The conservatives on the Supreme Court go for 'complete and abject rejection of reality' as a way to…
on Group Activity: Manic Monday Market WatchalongThat would be a fine feat considering they don't own anywhere near 5 trillion in US treasuries.
on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I have an 80" tv in my own basement and I sit about 5 feet away from it. I have seen maybe three mov…
on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I am reminded of some social accounts that pop up from time to time glamorizing subsistence farming.…
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