Day: September 10, 2015

“Sorry, race has nothing at all to do with this.” Screen Shot 2015-09-10 at 10.41.06 AM

“Sorry, race has nothing at all to do with this.”

Tod Kelly September 10, 2015

The NYPD Commissioner's comments about the mistaken arrest of James Blake are a perfect microcosm of how...

I Didn’t Skip the Readings Screen Shot 2015-09-10 at 8.46.29 AM

I Didn’t Skip the Readings

Guest Authors September 10, 2015

Gabriel Conroy looks back to the time when, as a young and devout Catholic, his college biology...

Can States Afford a Part-Time Legislature? empty_house

Can States Afford a Part-Time Legislature?

Guest Authors September 10, 2015

Times have changed. So should state legislatures' schedules.

Is this how accidents happen? IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-nationalgallery.saint-jerome-178

Is this how accidents happen?

Saul DeGraw September 10, 2015

Some notes on how caring can go bad.

North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointFreddie has always had this squeamishness about YIMBY’s that I think stems from the fact that he, in…
Saul Degraw in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025And he has more available but this was expected.
Dark Matter in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I asked Google's AI the history of that word/medical-phrase. ...gained prominence in the mid-20th ce…
Philip H in reply to DensityDuck on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointWhat pray tell do you think the Right in the US is correct about? I mean Democrats borrowed the righ…
Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025Welp. I guess he has now had his due process. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361208/mahmoud-k…
CJColucci in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025I'm not sure about that. I'm older than RFK, Jr., and I remember when I was in 8th grade and homeroo…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointFred is weird here because he's pointing to the problems, admitting that the policies he doesn't lik…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025The "R word" is an example of the Euphemism treadmill where we decide on a polite euphemism (or medi…
LeeEsq on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointIt's always a safe bet to do the exact opposite of Freddie's advice.
LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025RFK Jr delivers a slur filled speech about the Deep State to a shocke HHS staff. Talks about needing…