Day: November 11, 2014

Talk to Me Like I’m Stupid: “The sky is (not) falling!” Edition IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-freer.trees-one-of-a-pair-with-f1962-32-136

Talk to Me Like I’m Stupid: “The sky is (not) falling!” Edition

Tod Kelly November 11, 2014

Help me understand: Are we in bad times or boom times, economically speaking? And why is...

Are we shocked or Are we bored? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.the-deluge-104

Are we shocked or Are we bored?

Saul DeGraw November 11, 2014

The latest pop culture debate involves Nicki Minaj’s new video. The video involves a large amount of...

Stupid Tuesday Questions, Aspirational Anxiety Edition IFRL-TLC-War-26022923368_e3092f76c0_b

Stupid Tuesday Questions, Aspirational Anxiety Edition

Burt Likko November 11, 2014

A summoning-up of courage.

Chris in reply to DensityDuck on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationI guess I just don't see people walking through a lawn, or immigrating into a country, as having any…
DensityDuck on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: Immigration"To me, that’s about the level of moral gravity that unlawful entry into the United States seems lik…
DensityDuck in reply to Dan Miller on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationIf direct experience is necessary to have an opinion then I guess we need Burt to explain how he's b…
DensityDuck in reply to Chris on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationIf you don't care about your autonomy then sure, I guess you wouldn't understand why someone else wo…
Chris in reply to DensityDuck on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationMan, I spent my entire childhood walking through people's yards. I guess I was a serial offender. Ho…
Dan Miller in reply to DensityDuck on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationWhat privilege does Burt have that you lack, in this regard? Have you been injured by illegal immigr…
Philip H in reply to InMD on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationThat Americans don’t understand what our system actually does or why? Agree.
InMD in reply to Philip H on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationI do not think that is a plausible position anymore.
Philip H in reply to InMD on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationMigration can’t happen inside “normal channels” as they exist presently in the US because those chan…
Saul Degraw on Please Explain This To Me Like I’m Five Years Old: ImmigrationThere are lots of people who simply think the United States was, is, and should be a nation of and f…