Day: September 28, 2011

Ralph Nader and left-libertarian convergence IFRL-TLC-War-rawpixel-id-262052

Ralph Nader and left-libertarian convergence

Shawn Gude September 28, 2011

Michael Tracy has an article up at The American Conservative on Ralph Nader’s quest to get progressives...

Affirmative Action and Equality, Cont’d IFRL-NaPP-Retro-14345382535_299bd344f5_b

Affirmative Action and Equality, Cont’d

Tim Kowal September 28, 2011

I would be remiss to leave the recent discussions on affirmative action and equality without citing Frederick...

A Man for No Season in Particular IFRL-NaPP-Space-P07-Some-User-Assembly-Required-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

A Man for No Season in Particular

Jason Kuznicki September 28, 2011

“Every so often,” said the Capitalist, “I have the sense that you all don’t hate me quite...

Salvaging Grammar Instruction IFRL-Mindiv-Society-14158726548_175defaa57_b

Salvaging Grammar Instruction

Guest Authors September 28, 2011

By Kyle Cupp I begin with a confession: reading Freddie deBoer’s post on the poor outcomes of...

The Indentured Servitude of the Big-Time College Athlete IFRL-TLC-Scenery-alexander-londono-313187-unsplash

The Indentured Servitude of the Big-Time College Athlete

Ryan Noonan September 28, 2011

It is perhaps a little late in the day to be writing about this, given the amount...

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…