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Doubling down on mandatory vaccinations Welcome to Oregon in Hells Canyon

Doubling down on mandatory vaccinations

Tod Kelly February 6, 2015

Oregon proves Tod right. Bonus content: Do you know which religions do and don't forbid vaccinations?

Vaccine Lessons from Mom IFRL-TLC-Religion-GAPD-uffizi.sacrifice-of-isaac

Vaccine Lessons from Mom

Chris February 6, 2015

Virginia Hughes, who was with Seed back when I was with ScienceBlogs and ScienceBlogs was with Seed,...

Today’s Required Viewing IFRL-NaPP-Space-rawpixel-id-428207

Today’s Required Viewing

Tod Kelly February 5, 2015

Steve Sailer Bait edition.

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Private Charity Can’t Help Everyone

Saul DeGraw February 5, 2015

Saul Degraw on why extreme local government does not always help.

Update on California’s Vaccination Crisis IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-tretyakov.heroes-bogatyri-175

Update on California’s Vaccination Crisis

Saul DeGraw February 4, 2015

Fighting for vaccinations in California's legislature...

The Impossible Economics of Freelance Blogging sully-cartoon-in-dc-2x

The Impossible Economics of Freelance Blogging

Saul DeGraw February 4, 2015

Blogging and Paying the Bills, a quixotic combination

Those that need the most help may be SOL… IFRL-Plague-Winterthur

Those that need the most help may be SOL…

Dave February 4, 2015

An interesting development in the healthcare space:

Why “I believe vaccinations are good but shouldn’t be mandatory” isn’t as neutral as it sounds Screen Shot 2015-02-03 at 8.13.30 PM

Why “I believe vaccinations are good but shouldn’t be mandatory” isn’t as neutral as it sounds

Tod Kelly February 3, 2015

A risk manager's perspective.

Help: Unbeliveably Slow Internet IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.montmartre-mills-and-vegetable-gardens-2

Help: Unbeliveably Slow Internet

Saul DeGraw February 3, 2015

Help Saul Degraw with his internet woes.

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A Heap of Broken Images*

Rufus F. February 3, 2015

Rufus looks at the things that lie beneath the surface of images.

Slightly Late Tuesday Questions: “Tough Guy” Edition times-square-circa-1980

Slightly Late Tuesday Questions: “Tough Guy” Edition

Saul DeGraw February 3, 2015

So you think you are "tough"?

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On Being A Good Borrower of Library Books

Guest Authors February 2, 2015

Maribou’s simple rules to being a good library borrower.

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things IFRL-TLC-Patterns-43222483860_0601893d40_o

Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Saul DeGraw February 2, 2015

The Problem of Partisanship, Plague edition....

Science Question for the Hive Mind IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-GAPD-uffizi.hercules-and-the-hydra-and-hercules-and-anteo-61

Science Question for the Hive Mind

Tod Kelly February 2, 2015

Baby It's Cold Outside edition!!!

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First, Be a Bread Thief…

Guest Authors February 2, 2015

When is it wrong to steal and when is it okay?

Super Bowl Open Thread Dogearteam

Super Bowl Open Thread

Tod Kelly February 1, 2015

Feel free to offer analysis, give commercial reviews, talk smack, share party food recipes, make drunken rants,...

Review: A Most Violent Year and Memories of New York IFRL-NaPP-Asia-01271vu

Review: A Most Violent Year and Memories of New York

Saul DeGraw January 31, 2015

A Most Violent Year reviewed.....

Roger may be commissioner, but Marshawn is king IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-tate.england-richmond-hill-on-the-prince-regents-birthday-276

Roger may be commissioner, but Marshawn is king

Jonathan McLeod January 31, 2015

There's something important happening in the lead-up to the Super Bowl. The Seattle Seahawks, led by Marshawn...

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Chait Responds

Michael Drew January 31, 2015

More Chait chat.

An Important Life Lesson Everyone Should Learn IFRL-Mindiv-Society-54863v

An Important Life Lesson Everyone Should Learn

Tod Kelly January 30, 2015

Ignore at your own peril.

Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025You guys need to do a better job of normalizing roommates.
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025It's one thing to say such a thing in North Colorado Springs. Quite another to say it in some parts…
Saul Degraw in reply to North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025There seems to be a complete collapse for NDP but Conservatives are doing better than expected and t…
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Measuring educational success based on a single annual or every other year or every three year test…
LeeEsq in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025This is like saying public school won't work.
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025I strongly dispute that 10 dollar a day daycare is a UMC welfare issue
North on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Oh Canada!
Saul Degraw in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025If Canada can do it, so can we.
Jaybird in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025Pragmatically, I don't think that publicly funded child care will work. Specifically, it seems that…
LeeEsq in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025From my job, I know that many working couples or single parents lower in the socio-economic scale, a…