Day: September 16, 2022

From ProPublica: A Private Policing Company in St. Louis Is Staffed With Top Police Department Officers police

From ProPublica: A Private Policing Company in St. Louis Is Staffed With Top Police Department Officers

Jaybird September 16, 2022

St. Louis’ largest private policing firm — hired to serve the city’s wealthier and whiter neighborhoods —...

Special Master Appointed in Mar-a-Lago Document Review

Andrew Donaldson September 16, 2022

Retired federal judge Raymond J. Dearie, described "as an exemplary jurist who is well suited to the...

POETS Day: Philip Larkin

Ben Sears September 16, 2022

I’ve barely scratched the surface of Philip Larkin's public work but what I have read I have...

Sliding the Banisters 2022-09-16 Sport s093 Sliding The Banisters

Sliding the Banisters

Clare Briggs September 16, 2022

"Jest th' slickest banister you'll find most anywheres"

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…