Day: September 25, 2019

Idiots Intrude in Iowan Internet Insanity! Carson King

Idiots Intrude in Iowan Internet Insanity!

Jaybird September 25, 2019

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

TV Reviews for Regular People TV shows

TV Reviews for Regular People

Merrie Soltis September 25, 2019

There are 2 kinds of programs: shows that win Emmy awards & shows that people actually watch....

Sports and Politics: 1869 and 2019

Richard Hershberger September 25, 2019

“Keep politics out of sports!” “Just report what happens on the field!” This isn't how it...

Wednesday Writs: The Case That Broke Two SCOTUS Justices Baker v. Carr

Wednesday Writs: The Case That Broke Two SCOTUS Justices

Em Carpenter September 25, 2019

To many, Baker v. Carr represented the real beginning of the politicization of the Supreme Court. And...

When a Feller is Lonesome 2019-09-18 CABriggs WaFNaF 1174 Prep School

When a Feller is Lonesome

Clare Briggs September 25, 2019

Off at prep school.

Michael Cain in reply to DensityDuck on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymorePut me in the group who wants the slow kid (black or white) to master basic math skills and wants th…
Philip H in reply to Dark Matter on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreSo you support class warfare. Good to know.
Dark Matter in reply to DensityDuck on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreWe have tracking because the alternative is concentrated poverty. Insisting my kid can't get a good…
Dark Matter in reply to DensityDuck on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreSo the choice is that either my daughter gets a sub-standard education or some random kid ends up on…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25On the success of Don't Rank Cuomo: “In these troubled times we live in, we need that.” Dawn Phelps,…
Philip H in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25They “looked dominant” which was the point. You can’t “win” negotiations by looking “weak” and diplo…
Philip H in reply to Slade the Leveller on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaNeither are prevailing wages in construction or agricultural work. But those workforces are being ru…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 6/23/25Initial reports are that the strikes only set the Iranian program back by months. What a disaster. N…
Jaybird in reply to DensityDuck on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreOne point that strikes me as obvious is that continuing to fail, enough times, presents identically…
Jaybird in reply to John Puccio on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?From what I understand, the original pitch for Stranger Things was a bunch of clips from a half doze…