A First For New York City…
A rent freeze… In a 7-2 vote on June 29, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board approved their first ever rent-freeze in the board’s 46-year history. The freeze will apply to one-year rent-stabilized...
Monthly Archive: July 2015
“A Tsunami of Instrumental Rationality”: Henry Giroux Interview Pt. 2
Continuing with our discussion of the market-driven university, we discuss whether the right and the left can be mobilized around this issue.
Can the Boys Stop Being Boys?: The Paradox between Rebellion and Inclusion
Can Craft Beer Keep the Non-Conformist/Rebel Image and be inclusive? Post contains some NSFW links and prose.
Greece is the Word
An examination of what the Greek situation can tell us about the importance of trust, and its absence.
David Barton’s Misleading Footnote #1
Jon Rowe examines how David Barton misleads while he attacks better credentialed scholars.
Some vague and open-ended musings on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Vague thoughts on reading Holy texts in the original, on prayer, and how that shapes cultures.
open records watch: Walker edition
Wisconsin Legislators try to gut the state’s open-record laws just as Walker’s about to announce his POTUS campaign.
If Your Customers don’t Understand Your Product, it’s Your Fault
Looking in vain for ChinesePod’s pedagogical philosophy.
The Phony Quotations Strike Again
Jon Rowe spots another example of the notorious “unconfirmed quotations” that Christian Nationalists often recite.
National Gay Marriage & Religious Rights
Jon Rowe wonders how a national right to same sex marriage might affect the religious consciences of those who disagree with such.
Linky Friday #121: Slimy Critters
This week: United States, Housing, Society, Education, Science, and Nature!
Bigots Come Out Of The Closet
Catholic Vote turns the tide on the gay marriage issue by creating a video featuring six bigots coming out the closet. Or something.
The Reserve Clause and the Failure of the Free Market
In which I reluctantly concede that the owners had a point.
Mean-centering Does Nothing for Multicollinearity!
Striving for sexy results is not the biggest problem in science.
