Day: July 20, 2015

Keeping it Classy at the National Review IFRL-Mindiv-26269642200_21005720c6_o

Keeping it Classy at the National Review

Saul DeGraw July 20, 2015

The NRO tries to skirt the edge of Godwin's Law, fails.

Conflict Minerals, Subsistence Farming, & Good Intentions IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.an-avalanche-in-the-alps-80

Conflict Minerals, Subsistence Farming, & Good Intentions

Will Truman July 20, 2015

Laura Seay gave an interesting lecture on how a well-intentioned attempt to alleviate mineral conflict backfired. Also,...

Worldview, Policy, and Reasons Sanders-021507-18335- 0004

Worldview, Policy, and Reasons

Saul DeGraw July 20, 2015

Does a netroots flight show cracks in Progressive and Democratic adhesion?

A Failed Search for an Asian Barbie

A Failed Search for an Asian Barbie

Vikram Bath July 20, 2015

Chinese people don't want Chinese Barbies.

Michael Cain in reply to Marchmaine on Confessions of a Baseball MomGetting an initial E in local tournaments is a matter of fencing in enough of them. At some point yo…
Jaybird in reply to North on Joe Biden the Man Interrupts Joe Biden the NarrativeBiden was assumed to have been too old, too uninteresting, and too irrelevant to be president back i…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025some of the ghosts of #MeToo meant that the VP needed to be both Black and Female. That Stacy Adams…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025Norm from Cheers has died. Thanks to LeeEsq, TIL that his maternal grandfather took one of the most…
Michael Cain in reply to Burt Likko on Confessions of a Baseball MomThe summer after I was in eighth grade my parents bought me a junior membership at the course in the…
Michael Cain in reply to Burt Likko on Confessions of a Baseball MomIt's from long ago, but my own experience says an enormous amount depends on getting the right coach…
InMD in reply to KenB on Joe Biden the Man Interrupts Joe Biden the NarrativeIt would be very surprising to me if she even ran.
North in reply to Jaybird on Joe Biden the Man Interrupts Joe Biden the NarrativeEh, the thing about the field you're looking at is it's the field that existed BECAUSE Biden was run…
North in reply to KenB on Joe Biden the Man Interrupts Joe Biden the NarrativeMeaningless at this point. It's basically just a poll of "which of these names do you recognize?"
KenB in reply to Jaybird on Joe Biden the Man Interrupts Joe Biden the NarrativeHarris is the current frontrunner in the way-too-early 2028 poll: https://www.racetothewh.com/presid…