A Raising of the Glass & The Changing of the Guard
In which I announce the handing over of the reins of Ordinary Times to Burt Likko, give some well-deserved thank you-s, and reminisce over a shot (or two) of bourbon.
Monthly Archive: March 2016
Why I’m moving to the place I called ‘America’s worst place to live’ – The Washington Post
Life along the I-95 corridor was starting to lose its charm too. I commute in to D.C. most days. A one-way trip, involving car, train, metro and a walk takes about 90 minutes on...
The Republican Field, As Written By Hollywood
The cast of the GOP primaries is just horrible. Who wrote this crap and how were these characters conceived?
A Note on Semi-Super Saturday/Sunday
A quick look beneath the headlines from this past weekend’s contests.
Teachers of the Left and Right Should Support Common Core
The rhetoric against Common Core is often exaggerated and requires a retort from liberals and conservatives alike.
How Much for Oral Sex?
How does the unregulated “free market” determine the wages paid to prostitutes?
Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron won’t face each other in 2020 – but who will fall first?
This is not the only electoral parallel between the two men. In 2015, both achieved remarkable and unanticipated victories. Cameron won a parliamentary majority, an outcome he thought so improbable that he had not...
We’re Losing the Race Against Antibiotic Resistance, but There’s Also Reason for Hope – NYT
While we can quibble about the exact cost of bringing a new drug to market, we can all agree that it’s a lot of money. Drugs in the United States are profitable when they...
Morning Ed: United States {2016.03.07.M}
Nuclear in Idaho, slowpokes in Florida, babies in Utah, and more.
James Traub: Do Americans Really Want a Wall? – Foreign Policy
Leadership, of course, means persuading citizens to go where they would rather not. A President Clinton would have to find the language to convince Americans that a deep and ongoing engagement with the world, even...
Russell Saunders: Raising the Smoking Age to 21 Saves Lives – The Daily Beast
Yet even seeing the data from the Institute of Medicine, and lauding the goal of decreasing youth smoking wholeheartedly, I still find myself pausing before joining the chorus praising these new laws.
Open Letter on Trump from GOP National Security Leaders – WOTR
Mr. Trump’s own statements lead us to conclude that as president, he would use the authority of his office to act in ways that make America less safe, and which would diminish our standing...
Robert Kagan: To Republicans afraid to take a stand against Donald Trump: Grow up – The Washington Post
You sometimes get the feeling that if Mussolini himself were about to win the nomination, Republicans would still be talking about Clinton’s email server. This is nonsense. Republican voters and the party leaders who...
Linky Friday #156: Work & Learn
This week! Education, Labor, Medical School, Housing, Immigration, and Asia!
