"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger, or a beer." ~ Confucius Matt...
Erik Kain
Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the contributor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.
Peter Gray has a fascinating piece in Psychology Today arguing, quite counter-intuitively, that in order to improve...
“This book was one of my earliest introductions to fantasy and thus to the limits (or lack...
Bob Cheeks asks: “Do you see yourself, in some degree, to be anti-statist? What is your opinion...
“Surely, a loaf of bread is the centre of the parable of life” ~ yet more G.K....
“In short, the democratic faith is this: that the most terribly important things must be left to...
David – I wonder if what Blond is trying to do is to bridge the divide between...
This article at First Things by Robert R. Chase is a fascinating look at religious themes in...
Jack Gillis thinks the Blue Dogs’ days are numbered:
Will linked us to this piece by James Bowman earlier. Bowman writes: I mention this difference between...
Tyler Cowen and Peter Suderman have both compiled (non-definitive) lists of books which have influenced them the...
Kyle writes: [F]or decades, we’ve allowed students in need to get federally subsidized loans to attend both...
Rick Hess makes a great deal of sense in his critique of Diane Ravitch (and this bit...
[updated] Here’s the part that gets me – if, as is assumed in this critique (an assumption...
By chance, I happened to be driving and listening to NPR today when Diane Ravitch had a...
Whatever else one thinks of how we live these days, it’s hard to not see it as...
Lots of interesting feedback on my last post. Kevin Drum and Ryan Avent both focus on the...
Austin Bramwell has penned a very convincing post over at The American Conservative on why school choice...
I think this Amanda Marcotte piece is pretty interesting. She touches on the idea of work and...
I’m a little late to my Lost blogging again – mainly because I didn’t end up watching...
