(Update: One line changed to directly quote Megan McArdle instead of inaccurately summarizing her position.) I think we’ve nearly sucked all the marrow from the bone of ‘liberal academia’ (in pts. 1, 2, 3). Discussing...
A few days ago, I was idly watching Predator 2 with the roommates. It’s an amazing cocktail of offensive racial stereotypes, bad acting, and ridiculous action sequences, plus Gary Busey and Bill Paxton. Needless...
Here’s a very good post by John Quiggin: The announcement that military show trials are to recommence at Guantanamo Bay, combined with the brutal and vindictive treatment of Bradley Manning, make it clear that,...
In an interesting post on teacher evaluation, E. D. writes: The most successful education system in the world is probably Finland’s, and they have made teaching standards and credentials more exclusive and exacting, not less....
by Max Socol Last weekend, more than 2400 activists converged on my current home of Washington, DC for a weekend of discussion, learning, and debate at J Street’s second national conference. At four days...
Is a “liberty-advancing policy abroad” a necessary component of American conservatism? Here’s Derbyshire’s pithy response:
by Tim Kowal The left’s alignment with unions is more than merely political—it is ideological. The major justification for continued existence of unions, particularly public sector unions, borrows heavily from a liberal conception of...
Radley Balko writes: [Bradley] Manning is getting far worse treatment than Timothy McVeigh, Jared Loughner, or your run-of-the-mill serial killer. It’s important to remember here that Manning didn’t covertly leak classified information to a...
At one of our excellent sub-blogs, Alex Knapp makes this commonsensical point: We live in a country where Creationists can run for President without being laughed out of the room, homeopathy is seen as...
This wins it, gentlemen: i want to serve the reptilian overloards He’s come to the right place, too.
So I’ve been blogging at Forbes and spending a lot of my time talking about teachers and how teachers are under a sustained ideological assault. However, one thing I will never blog about is...
Ezra Klein touched yesterday on one of my favorite themes: The public’s stated preferences are unbelievably incoherent. Poll after poll demonstrates it, in one issue area after another. When it comes time to balance...
So look, I believe that free markets are absolutely the way to go. Don’t go with the central planners – who wants wage controls dictated from the top down? Things didn’t work out so...
Author, poet, farmer, activist Wendell Berry was recently honored at the White House for his contributions to the humanities. If you’d like to celebrate, here’s a good place to start.
(Note: this post uses terms and discusses situations that are borderline NSFW.) Strange things are happening at my dear alma mater. There is a controversy of unknown size crewing around a post-class demonstration of...
The Crossed Pond has long been one of my favorite blogs. Here’s a recent post I liked a lot: I belatedly realized that I needed a calculator today so after quick stop by a...
I wrote recently about wanting to co-opt and redefine Arnold Kling’s ‘Civil Societarianism’. I’ve given this more thought over the past few weeks, and have some observations and thoughts that should help clarify my...
Cls describes the logic of governance here, starting with the police force’s damage control. It involves a pizza party and a tour of the police station. The police chief says he doesn’t want the...
The other night, some history grad students were at a local bar socializing and sharing our gripes and joys, when we got into a discussion of which academic projects we’ve heard of that seemed...
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to upgrade our service plan. Hopefully this will help us address some of our performance issues.
Devcat is done with rearranging local software extensions. If anyone notices any problems, say so :^)
on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025Does that make it not ratting?
on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025They probably didn't since it was written to give formerly enslaved African Americans citizenship. on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025Oh, you're just reading the Amendment incorrectly. The people who wrote it couldn't have imagined mo… on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025That's for citizens to report on government, not for government to report on government.
on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025Heh, if you hated the Conservative Originalist Jurists, wait till you get the Conservative Living Co… on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025Wait, "encouraging people to rat on each other"? Surely they framed it differently! Like "if people… on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025In my own life, I want to say that the biggest audience I performed in front of was my high school m… on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025His executive order on ending DEI in the federal government contains language encouraging people to…
on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025Let's have some concrete predictions. What are some distinctively N-zi things that these N-zis are g… on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive OrdersHad she been more woke, she might have shored up Michigan and maybe North Carolina/Georgia. Had she…
The Truth Is All Right If You Can Get Away With It
January 21, 2025
January 20, 2025
January 19, 2025
As Long as the World Goes Round
January 19, 2025
on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025
on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025 on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025 on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders
on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders on From TikTok To ERA, Biden Leaves Taxpayers A Mess on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025 on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders
on Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025 on Trump Term Two, Day One, Executive Orders
