Day: August 22, 2014

The Third Conversation IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Yoshitoshi-Urashima

The Third Conversation

Tod Kelly August 22, 2014

Tod observes that we only ever seem to have one of two different kinds of conversation about...

Linky Friday #80 IFRL-TLC-Scenery-alan-labisch-1139453-unsplash

Linky Friday #80

Will Truman August 22, 2014

Links! It's Friday! This week: Sports, Entertainment, the World, Progress, and Sunscreen!

A Gilded Age of Education IFRL-Mindiv-GAPD-tate.king-lear-weeping-over-the-dead-body-of-cordelia-188

A Gilded Age of Education

James Hanley August 22, 2014

James Hanley explains why American education is looking better than ever.

Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025There are so many charges against those 5 it's hard to see what's going on in detail. Bottom line is…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025It wouldn't be "a civil war". It's more "they, personally, would be killed". We've seen the peacemak…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025It seems that Columbia has reclaimed the library from the people.
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Reading the story, it seems like there were five cops, two of them pled guilty, this is about one of…
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025I'd also like them to answer why the dozens of self-proclaimed Muslim states, where they can't even…
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025It would be nice if Pro-Palestinian forces can come out and actually describe what they mean by Zion…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025the protesters have five demands: divestment from “Zionist occupation, apartheid, and genocide,” an…
Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Remember when we thought police bodycams would restrain bad behavior? These guys literally beat a ma…
Michael Cain in reply to Burt Likko on The Department of Good ThingsAs I recall, it was less that no one was putting the information together than that the organization…
Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Just in time for finals, Columbia's Butler Library has been reclaimed by the people.