Monthly Archive: January 2015
Freddie on Chait
Freddie DeBoer agrees with Chait especially when it comes to social justice language and silencing people at university classrooms. DeBoer probably doesn’t feel too good about agreeing with Chait.
American Empires
Will Truman ruminates on fictitious and speculative conquerings of Canada and other places.
On Charity, Infighting, and Circular Firing Squads
Saul Degraw responds to Chait’s essay on P.C. Culture and the general blowback against Chait’s arguments. He can also never remember to put a blurb for his articles.
Johnny Sunk Costs
“The only mistake bigger than getting this guy would be getting rid of this guy,” says the coach who clearly never took economics.
Talk to Me Like I’m Stupid: A Kind-Of-Sort-of Comments Rescue, False-Scotsman Edition
When tribes become large and fractured, who gets to say who is and isn’t a member?
How do we want to deal with doctors going on strike?
So some doctors at the University of California various campuses have gone on strike. My deepest suspicion is that we’re going to see a lot more of this. I’m sort of at a loss...
Associate Dean of Eureka Moments
I wish I was making up that title, but that is the advertisement for a new position at the University of Bristol. I can’t help but think of the job position as “Manager of...
This Just IN: Pravda on the Wabash
The Governor of Indiana is about to launch a state-run news service that will compete with agencies such as the Associated Press even as it controls access to public information. It is an idea that is terrible for a number of reasons, the primary one being this:
It might well work.
Talking About Privilege: An Open Discussion
Or “Someone is Wrong on the Internet” or “You are bad and should feel bad”
What’s Mine, And What’s Yours
A simple rhetorical and logical primer for OT. Print out and keep handy!
How Neutral will Congress Make the Net?
Last week Congress began work on a bill that will address issues of net neutrality. Michael Cain takes look at the hubbub.
The Problem with Trolling as the Future of Culture Wars
Mark Joseph Stern reports that the culture wars are making him want to move to a country without any Internet connections and I can’t blame him. The fight over LGBT equality has taken a...
Black Mirror 102, “15 Million Merits”
Vikram’s title for this episode would have been “The Hedonic Exercise Bike”.
