Day: September 14, 2011

A Question for both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Supporters IFRL-Plague-Distribution

A Question for both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Supporters

Tod Kelly September 14, 2011

I’d like to ask a question of both those that are Pro-Life and those that are Pro-Choice....

How to Stop Pennsylvania from Mattering IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.fishing-boats-on-the-beach-at-les-saintes-maries-de-la-mer-20

How to Stop Pennsylvania from Mattering

Guest Authors September 14, 2011

by E.C. Gach I wrote recently about the difficulties associated with our anachronistic political institutions. The Constitution,...

Not-So Free Speech: The UK Version IFRL-TLC-Scenery-martin-jernberg-274716-unsplash

Not-So Free Speech: The UK Version

Patrick September 14, 2011

Headline: “Sean Duffy case highlights murky world of trolling”

On Sports, Culture, and the Desire for Meaningful Change IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Jakuchu-RedParrot

On Sports, Culture, and the Desire for Meaningful Change

Tod Kelly September 14, 2011

(above photo: the Cincinnati Bengals doing the Ickey Shuffle. That’s right. I said the Ickey Shuffle. It...

Book Review: The Magician King IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.nocturne-blue-and-silver-battersea-reach-12

Book Review: The Magician King

Erik Kain September 14, 2011

Lev Grossman’s The Magicians posed the question “What if your childhood fantasy turned out to be real?”...

Darwin and Smith

Darwin and Smith

James K September 14, 2011

If you have a spare hour I strongly recommend listening to the latest episode of Econtalk. Russ...

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…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025My Ethics professor freshman year (so, 1991-1992) was approximately one jillion years old and he exp…
KenB in reply to Dark Matter on The Emergency Ordinary Times FaceliftLet me add my voice to the choir -- thanks much Will for carving out a chunk of your vacation for us…