Day: March 9, 2011

Cultural artifacts from the age of fear IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-418672

Cultural artifacts from the age of fear

Will March 9, 2011

A few days ago, I was idly watching Predator 2 with the roommates. It’s an amazing cocktail...

So, how do we walk away from Omelas? IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-nationalgallery.mary-magdalene-180

So, how do we walk away from Omelas?

Jason Kuznicki March 9, 2011

Here’s a very good post by John Quiggin: The announcement that military show trials are to recommence...

Why does the Finnish public school system work? IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-tate.the-battle-of-camperdown-86

Why does the Finnish public school system work?

Will March 9, 2011

In an interesting post on teacher evaluation, E. D. writes: The most successful education system in the...

Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025I have more sympathy for the kids who aren't going to miss their finals but weren't allowed access t…
InMD in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Haven't they already conceded that though? Is the expectation that someone would bring their finals…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025I can't imagine one more impossible to defeat than "chicks".
Dark Matter in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Final exams at Columbia started today. More than one night in the tank would have meant they're miss…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025The Church is in favor of whatever is good for the Church, and the Church needs an enemy.
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025New Pope is not pro-choice. Maybe the next one.
Jaybird in reply to Carl Schwent on Weekend Plans Post: Graduation Season (One of the Last Ones)Well, there's the version that he heard from his mom... the version he heard from gramma...
Carl Schwent in reply to Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Graduation Season (One of the Last Ones)Now you've got me wondering about all the versions of the story.
Jaybird in reply to fillyjonk on Weekend Plans Post: Graduation Season (One of the Last Ones)Ah, good. It's always good to visit fam and catch up and just sit in the same room with occasional s…
Jaybird in reply to Carl Schwent on Weekend Plans Post: Graduation Season (One of the Last Ones)I have been forbidden from being *TOO* cool. But it's easy to slip an envelope and tell the kiddo "y…