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About Last Night: Primary Results From Election Day
Four states went to the polls Tuesday for primary voting election day, setting up general election showdowns for several Senate seats, OH Gov, and a slew of Congressional districts in West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and North Carolina.
Election Day for Primary Voters
Two Senate primaries in WV and IN, along with the primary for the Governors race in Ohio, are among the issues voters go to the polls for on this primary election day.
King Coal: West Virginia’s Abusive Love
Despite the damage it has inflicted, coal is still king in West Virginia. Will the man held responsible for the deaths of 29 miners win the state’s Republican senate nomination?
The Uses and Abuses of Donuts
How a gourmet donut shop became a battleground over gentrification, anarchism, white pride, and everything else.
Morning Ed: Education {2018.05.07.M}
The right college at the right price and also three year olds in school.
Unrequited Love: Sports Fan Edition
Since the most basic concept of sport is “there can only be one winner”, does the not winning become a source of frustration, cause pride in loyalty, or become a catalyst for change?
Retroactive: This Week in Ordinary Times
This edition of Retroactive: This Week in Ordinary Times: A piece on the #GSK killer that has earned praise from the true crime genre, a new series on #Education gets started with establishing fact from fiction, how modern protests of classic art misses the point, #culturewar and #fakenews are nothing new, and a great piece about one man’s vision for his city, and how we can tackle tough issues like #housing and urban development practically.
Saturday!
A fine translation of a fine boardgame that makes a fine game to play in another window as you do other stuff
On Carcassonne
Linky Friday: The Yokes That Bind
This Week: Oppression, Relationships, Internet, Vice, and the Planet.
The Yellow Journalism of the Culture War
Like the paper barons of old, the real purpose of the online culture war is not the cause the true believers are fighting for. The real end-goal is the perpetual money machine that eternal aggrievement and outrage feeds.