Day: April 23, 2012

Should The US Bring Back The Draft? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-rawpixel-id-429739

Should The US Bring Back The Draft?

Elias Isquith April 23, 2012

Tom Ricks thinks so: Since the end of the military draft in 1973, every person joining the...

Addressing Income Inequality IFRL-TLC-Patterns-43222483330_41c4f73f0a_o

Addressing Income Inequality

Mike Dwyer April 23, 2012

From Ross Douthat: And this is where I think the American left falls short. I agree with...

Testing ideology IFRL-TLC-Scenery-hatham-al-shabibi-521196-unsplash

Testing ideology

Guest Authors April 23, 2012

~by James Hanley Fellow reader Stillwater, responding to my critique, writes: you [Hanley] keep insisting there is...

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…

Day: April 23, 2012

Should The US Bring Back The Draft?

Addressing Income Inequality

Testing ideology

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