It is September, which means—inevitably—that I find myself thinking about Paul Celan’s “Todesfugue,” this time (the first time) as a teacher. It is hardly easy, in subject matter or in style—it is credited for...
And getting people out of neighborhoods where it collects seems to be a cure. Interesting to note that the study actually didn’t support the thesis that environmental conditions would improve things like income or...
The Tea Party’s page on Facebook is taking issue with an Obama campaign ad. The comments thread is not what I’d call awesome. I will offer three rejoinders. (edited to add) Trizzlor wins the...
From Gawker, via Facebook… I can’t recall seeing a better campaign ad, ever, and I didn’t even watch The West Wing.
Any competent political scientist — or anyone with a working knowledge of arithmetic — can tell you that individual votes are almost never decisive to the outcome of an election. The popular press loves...
(This post cross-posted between Front Page and Mindless Diversions. I’ll open comments on the former and close them on the latter just to keep things neat and tidy.) Recently I asked folks to submit questions that...
My colleague Jason Kuznicki argues that those who take charity should suffer a social stigma. Underlying this argument is the unspoken assumption that social stigmas are a good thing generally. I’m not convinced that...
This morning I was able to watch our latest Leaguecast and enjoyed the conversation on public reason. There are a lot of takeaways, but I wanted to quickly speak to a point raised in the conversation. Around...
Now, of course, like all stories this is a story that may or may not reflect the reality. Seriously, though, if there’s any truth to this… it’s the sort of thing that makes me...
Here is the Raw Footage of our panel discussion on Public reason in the context of a pluralistic society. So What do you guys think?
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on The Mandate That Wasn’tNo one dodges a bullet in real life. It's either bad aim or luck that saves you.
on The Mandate That Wasn’tGolly, I sure wish we had a press that wasn't obviously in the bag for the Democratic Party right ab… on The Mandate That Wasn’tIn the movies? No. But in real life? What would dodging bullets even look like in real life?
on The Mandate That Wasn’tThe interesting thing will be when the Congressional Democrats shut down government again, will it b… on The Mandate That Wasn’tThing is, “Kamala actually did pretty well. Nobody could have done better" appears to be true. Anywh…
on All the President’s Nominees: The Legion of GroomI think you need to re-read that Gabbard piece. She backed off her comments. And your memory of RTFL…
on How Republicans Can Save Trump’s PresidencySo every single Republican in the House’sEthics Committee voted to keep the Gaetz Report secret. Tha… on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024Welp, an ICBM got used in Dnipro. Don't worry, it had a conventional (non-nuclear) warhead.
on The Mandate That Wasn’tA mandate is simply the authority given to democratically elected officials. It has nothing to do wi… on The Mandate That Wasn’tHeh. A fortunate turn of the head doesn't count.
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