Day: April 15, 2013

Gosnell and our inadequate public discourse on abortion IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.fishermen-at-sea-90

Gosnell and our inadequate public discourse on abortion

Tim Kowal April 15, 2013

Tim Carney wrote yesterday that when Obama was a state senator, he “repeatedly voted against legislation requiring...

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Rand Paul, Victim

Elias Isquith April 15, 2013

Note: My thoughts and fervent best wishes go out to everyone in Boston. At this early juncture...

Boston Marathon Disaster IFRL-Mindiv-ingeborg-gartner-grein-623509-unsplash

Boston Marathon Disaster

Burt Likko April 15, 2013

An explosion has apparently struck very near the finish line of the Boston Marathon today. Someone has...

Monday Afternoon Jukebox: Daft Punk’s New “Get Lucky” IFRL-TLC-Scenery-jonatan-pie-216311-unsplash

Monday Afternoon Jukebox: Daft Punk’s New “Get Lucky”

Sam Wilkinson April 15, 2013

This is from Daft Punk‘s new record. The song is called “Get Lucky.” It features Pharrell and...

In Which The City of Portland Makes Me Seriously Consider Becoming a Registered Libertarian IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-enceladus

In Which The City of Portland Makes Me Seriously Consider Becoming a Registered Libertarian

Tod Kelly April 15, 2013

Just as everyone becomes a liberal when Walmart announces a new store in their neighborhood, it turns...

Perhaps the Most Important Op-Ed You’ll Ever Read IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-29647371093_8ed1636e46_b

Perhaps the Most Important Op-Ed You’ll Ever Read

Christopher Carr April 15, 2013

The New York Times has it.

G-d and Man and Sex (!) on Campus: Moral Relativism Goes to College, An Historical Perspective, Part II IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-44925486531_c5ecc1a80e_o

G-d and Man and Sex (!) on Campus: Moral Relativism Goes to College, An Historical Perspective, Part II

Michelle Togut April 15, 2013

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You...

To be educated is to be human. IFRL-NaPP-Space-P07-Some-User-Assembly-Required-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

To be educated is to be human.

Christopher Carr April 15, 2013

Note: This post is part of our League Symposium on Higher Education in the 21st Century. You...

Philip H in reply to Dark Matter on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesLike Israel?
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/16/25A couple of days ago Iran was offering to negotiate about their nuclear program AFTER Trump had Isra…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Saturday Morning Gaming: Final Boss TheoryThe worst part is that there's no real spoiler-free way to talk about it except in the broadest of s…
Jaybird on Saturday Morning Gaming: Final Boss TheoryJust beat it. Wowsers. *THAT* was a game.
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesHow accurate is that? Not at all. They're designed to be used on a battlefield where we have troops.…
Jaybird in reply to Michael Cain on Open Mic for the Week of 6/16/25We've already seen how California has dealt with a similar scenario. If that really gets going? Uff…
Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/16/25Years ago now, when I was getting my MA in public policy, in a class on homeland security, when the…
Jaybird in reply to Michael Cain on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesWhen you say "low-yield nuke", my first thought is "ground-level dirty bomb". How accurate is that?
Michael Cain on Trump Announces Strikes on Iran Nuclear FacilitiesThe consensus seems to be that the entire inventory of bunker busters was 19 or 20. They cost many o…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 6/16/25At this moment in time, I will read this statement as 14-dimensional chess to shore up support for w…