Day: September 27, 2011

Affirmative Action and Philosophy vs. Reality IFRL-TLC-Scenery-natanael-vieira-578708-unsplash

Affirmative Action and Philosophy vs. Reality

Tod Kelly September 27, 2011

In a post I did on religion a while back, I talked about the various reasons I...

Neo-Liberalism Again IFRL-Mindiv-daniel-rigdon-597874-unsplash

Neo-Liberalism Again

Erik Kain September 27, 2011

Henry Farrell summarizes neoliberalism as defined by Colin Crouch in The Strange Non-death of Neo-liberalism: Crouch depicts...

No more please IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Jakuchu-Swallow

No more please

Daniel September 27, 2011

I admit, when I saw my first Buck the Fuckeyes, I chuckled but I quickly realized there’s...

California Legislature Proposes Racial Discrimination in University Admissions Policy IFRL-Plague-Exercise5

California Legislature Proposes Racial Discrimination in University Admissions Policy

Tim Kowal September 27, 2011

Via Pacific Legal Foundation, the California Legislature recently passed a bill, SB 185, that would require the...

The Antipodean Political Style IFRL-TLC-War-manuel-boxler-1308012-unsplash

The Antipodean Political Style

James K September 27, 2011

A little taste of how politics can differ between the US and New Zealand. John Key, Prime...

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…