The first time I heard Elliot Smith was watching the Oscars – or rather, when I watched...
“We must create an apocalyptic sense of urgency about Education in this country and then take drastic...
Br. Salam speaks the truth: Some of you are thinking, “Oh man, hipster twee. Spoon my brain...
Jonah Goldberg makes an odd claim in his latest column: The mainstream perception that conservatives are close-minded...
Good piece on Murdoch’s (quixotic?) quest to charge for online content. One thing I know: I’m definitely...
…writes about Leonard Cohen, and you should read it. It made me want to turn on some...
Good read about “sustainable beer” at American Progress. Fat Tire is one of my favorite beers, and...
Wesleyan University is in my hometown. I have many connections to the university, which I won’t share...
I was going to do another intro post on Economics (Chapter 4 of Great Powers), and then...
These days, “Orwellian” has become a convenient synonym for “things I don’t like,” so I hesitate to...
“So we’re supposed to react to a situation in which our schools are failing and the teachers’...
The culprit behind Van Gogh’s best self-portrait.
By Dan Summers Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the infectious agent responsible for diphtheria, is a nasty little germ. Known...
A charming story on the enduring Obama-Coburn friendship.
One downside to Republicans’ lack of interest in “new ideas” is that they’ve effectively ceded policy discussions...
I suspect conservatives will find a lot to like in Geoffrey Canada’s full-spectrum approach to inner-city education.
Conor’s latest posts (here and here) sparked off a pretty decent debate in the comments over at...
Via Brad Warbiany at the Liberty Papers. Doug Bandow,David Rittgers, Cato@Liberty: As I have said before, the quickest...
If you didn’t watch Colbert last night, go here and do. The first 2/3 was unreal. A++. ...
This depressing Los Angeles Times story inspired a pretty interesting debate on teacher unions over at the...
