Day: September 11, 2012

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Sweden: Conservatopia

Tom Van Dyke September 11, 2012

HT: Via faithful commenter and occasional guest poster Ward Smith, the provocative Executive Summary of a paper...

I feel like I should say something but I don’t know what to say jukebox and open thread IFRL-TLC-Scenery-jared-rice-751465-unsplash

I feel like I should say something but I don’t know what to say jukebox and open thread

Jaybird September 11, 2012

Last year, we wrote some essays. Elias wrote 10 years removed, a different memorial to September 11....

We All Would Have Made The Same Decision IFRL-TLC-Patterns-35835910874_1b7b4201e7_o

We All Would Have Made The Same Decision

Sam Wilkinson September 11, 2012

NBC’s “Today” is taking a lot of internet criticism right now for not broadcasting a moment...

What Chicago’s Schools Want to Evaluate In the District’s Own Words IFRL-TLC-Religion-billeasy-693435-unsplash

What Chicago’s Schools Want to Evaluate In the District’s Own Words

Ethan Gach September 11, 2012

Dylan Matthews lays out the rift between Chicago’s teachers and the city’s management in some numerical detail. Bottom...

Week One Roundup IFRL-TLC-Scenery-val-vesa-159846-unsplash

Week One Roundup

Burt Likko September 11, 2012

The first week is always a little tough; everyone’s getting their bearings. A brief writeup and standings...

David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Um, no. Literally none of what other people do is relevant to if a specific person committed a crime…
Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
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…