~ by Anderson Tuggle In reading recent studies about the smaller salaries and employment numbers of students with humanities/area studies majors and, in turn, colleges cutting back these very programs (or, as Stanley Fish calls it, “The...
In the “What Else Is New” category of blog posts, Freddie takes Conor Friedersdorf to the woodshed for blaming the US Post Office’s problems primarily on high labor costs and suggesting that this proves...
My posts on the Israel-Palestine question two weeks ago led to requests for a primer on the Palestinian Authority’s plan to request U.N. recognition in September. This article (from Haaretz) provides just that, for those interested....
As you know, politics is the mind-killer. A fully rational politics would rank the weight of all conceivable policy choices, considering their basic fairness, the costs and benefits they are expected to produce, and...
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on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Perhaps the example you're looking for is Iceland. on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Whew. Thank goodness my priors are affirmed! Let's call the whole thing off, the project is hopeless…
on Joe Biden Agrees that Some People *DO* Deserve the Death PenaltyLet me tl;dr it for you: Israel and the pre-Israel militias that became Israel's military killed 15,…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024I think you're glossing over the tough cases i.e. those who for whatever reason or lack of ability t…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Yeah, we just have to follow the example provided by Wait, I have to switch over the laundry. Be rig… on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Chris. Chris! Are you saying that when we have unhoused people, we should ... house them? It CAN'T b… on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024I think it's a little more complicated than that. Plenty of cities do offer housing support but they…
on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Here is a fascinating little story that deals with the globalization of anime meeting Western/Americ… on Open Mic for the week of 12/30/2024Oh, how unpleasant! Better to give public transit over to the people temporarily experiencing housel… on Joe Biden Agrees that Some People *DO* Deserve the Death PenaltyThere are some part of the laws (There's actually multiple laws), like foreign aid, that can be waiv…
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