Day: June 19, 2012

He Needed Killin’ IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.waves-at-matsushima-126

He Needed Killin’

Tom Van Dyke June 19, 2012

Grand jury returns no charges. SHINER, Texas (HuffPo/AP) — Hearing his 5-year-old daughter crying from behind a...

What I Learned About The War Of 1812 IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Japanwest-Audubon

What I Learned About The War Of 1812

Burt Likko June 19, 2012

I propose this as a collaborative post; I invite all the Front Pagers to add to this...

Managing the influence of money on politics? a.k.a the problem with democracy (or at least one of them) IFRL-Mindiv-daniel-rigdon-597874-unsplash

Managing the influence of money on politics? a.k.a the problem with democracy (or at least one of them)

Murali June 19, 2012

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on inequality. You can read the introductory post...

Dish? What’s a Dish? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-david-marcu-114194-unsplash

Dish? What’s a Dish?

Tod Kelly June 19, 2012

Hat tip to reader maxine for sending this to me: It appears that around the same time...

A Political DREAM IFRL-NaPP-Space-17504602910_a939b425ba_k

A Political DREAM

Mark of New Jersey June 19, 2012

Having now reviewed the official directive that some are characterizing as “DREAM by fiat,” I must say...

Hipster Conservatism IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-jupiter

Hipster Conservatism

Conor P. Williams June 19, 2012

Prelude: I’ve been mulling over something like this post for years, mostly because of arguments with the...

Philip H in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Silicon Valley claims that its motto is move fast and break things. They think nothing of canning of…
Philip H in reply to Dark Matter on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreClearly more than we are willing to pay. Hence Michael’s observations.
Philip H in reply to Jaybird on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreIt might interest you to know that I am fairly certain I’m in Dark’s class - both economically and i…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not Anymorewe refuse to fund/staff public schools to the level that deals with all the students’ needs. How muc…
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreClass warfare? Valuing education and having the resources to move selects for a certain class, but "…
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25We are governed by morons. https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/doge-fired-workers-rehired
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Cuomo has just called Mamdani and conceded the primary. Which means, I think, that it's a three-way…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25If Mamdani wins NYC, AOC needs to start her Presidential run for 2028 starting, oh, Thursday.
Jaybird in reply to Philip H on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreI'm assuming the other members in his class are equally selfish when it comes to their children. Tho…
Philip H in reply to Jaybird on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreHe’s the one talking about all the things his caste will Or won’t do. Last I checked that’s class wa…