Day: January 3, 2020

Not So United Methodists Heading for Divorce United Methodist Church

Not So United Methodists Heading for Divorce

Andrew Donaldson January 3, 2020

Schism is apparently nigh for the second-largest Protestant denomination in America, and it is over LGBT issues...

Voting With Your Wallet: 2019 Review of Capitalism

Christopher Carr January 3, 2020

Capitalism is the perfect companion to social democracy because you can vote with your wallet. Here is...

Prologue To Election 2020 2020 Elections

Prologue To Election 2020

Luis A. Mendez January 3, 2020

Before we begin months of poll watching let’s look back on how we got to this moment...

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The Plaid Bag

Clare Briggs January 3, 2020

That guiltiest feeling.

NYT: Taiwan’s Top Military Official and 7 Others Die in Helicopter Crash shen

NYT: Taiwan’s Top Military Official and 7 Others Die in Helicopter Crash

Jaybird January 3, 2020

The helicopter was carrying military personnel to an event in northeastern Taiwan when it went down on...

Weekend Plans Post: New Year, Old Me baby

Weekend Plans Post: New Year, Old Me

Jaybird January 3, 2020

New Years Resolutions. New Years Resolutions? New Years Resolutions!

Saul Degraw in reply to Burt Likko on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025In response to the 4th Circuit, Pam Bondi promoted Garcia to being an MS13 gang leader. They have un…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025I was there. They weren't.
Jaybird in reply to KenB on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?Back in 2023, I failed the Turing Test for a few minutes before figuring out that it was just auto-c…
KenB in reply to Jaybird on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?Yeah it’s not well defined enough for me to even worry about - I just continue to be amazed and a li…
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Okay, Boomer. I'm sure that things were awesome when you were a kid. That's one of the things people…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025That would depend on what you told us about what you experienced. I wouldn't dream of telling you "t…
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Oh, I thought it was building up to some variant of "that wasn't a big deal and you're silly for thi…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Because I thought, silly me, that having brought your experiences into the discussion you might want…
Burt Likko in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025These past several months have made me wonder exactly how dear Americans still hold their liberties.…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?The new one. So far, it's pretty good. I still agree with the Pokemon test for AGI but this thing is…