2015: The Year In Review
If you could do 2015 all over again, would you want to? Here’s a summary of information and events to help you relive what happened and decide.
Monthly Archive: December 2015
Gun Violence: A Cultural Study
A consideration of the cultural dynamics surrounding America’s gun problem.
Fantasy Football: Week 16 (and Football Season open thread)
Coming up on the last week of the regular season, coming up on the Fantasy Football version of The Big Game.
David Frum: Will the Republican Party Survive the 2016 Election?
“Maybe the presidency itself should be regarded as one of those things that is good to have but not a must-have, especially if obtaining it requires uncomfortable change.”
Broken Elephants, Part I: Donald Trump and the Triumph of the Conservative Media Machine
The Republican Party is broken. Arguments to the contrary are some combinations of smoke, mirrors, and wishful thinking.
American Disparate Education
Tension and divides over school policy in the U.S. persist. Can the disparate philosophies get along?
Sunday!
In the last week of December, the Holidays turn into two celebrations: New Year’s Eve/Day and Oscar Season.
Cracks in the Liberal Order
“It’s still wise to bet on the current order… and against its enemies and rivals and would-be saboteurs, but, after liberalism’s year of living dangerously, for the first time in a long time it might make sense to hedge that bet.”
Texas Gov. Gets History Wrong in Opposing a Monument
An example of how Christian Nationalist history revision harms.
