Day: May 12, 2023

POETS Day! Robert Lowell’s The Dolphin

Ben Sears May 12, 2023

I may think him a personal ass, but Robert Lowell was brilliant, among the greatest poets of...

The Potential Return of Abortion Rights

Eric Medlin May 12, 2023

In their analysis of Republican abortion rights policymaking, Democrats have ignored the primacy of winning to the...

Mass Shooting Facts and Figures

David Thornton May 12, 2023

Solving mass shootings means taking a hard look at the data and finding solutions that are based...

The Month in Theaters February 2023

Russell Michaels May 12, 2023

I managed to get to the theaters eight times in February, with one repeat, and seventeen movies...

Playing Sojer, Part II 2023-05-12 TDoRS C5130 (05.13.17)

Playing Sojer, Part II

Clare Briggs May 12, 2023

The days of real sport.

Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole "Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity" thing given the tariffs…
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYeah, you’re right. I didn’t say “Trump is not even lying, he’s going to disappoint you, he’s not go…
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHas he shown up recently? I'm still here, barely. In fact, I just submitted a guest post which hopef…
Jaybird on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?The benchmark that makes sense to me: Can it beat Pokemon? 10-year-olds can beat Pokemon.
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Apparently, a guy went down to the address and, when the lady who lives there came out of his house,…
Dark Matter in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Members of my extended family are homeless or headed there. They make terrible choices because of so…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The extent to which that thought is comforting compared to "the government is feckless if not malici…
Chris in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025One of the interesting things about homelessness is that we don't want to spend resources on people…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Eh, it's fixing the problems you can talk about instead of the problems you can't talk about. And, a…
Chris in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Having a philosophy background, I'm sure you've thought a lot about language and thought (the house…