Election

On the First Lady’s Speech IFRL-Mindiv-Society-GAPD-altesnational.flying-kites

On the First Lady’s Speech

Ethan Gach September 5, 2012

I think Tom Junod’s characterization of the First Lady’s speech is exactly right. “Republican commentators,” he writes, “spoke...

In Which I Dissect One Harvard Professor’s Tabloid Cover Story (…At Length) IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-MossyTrunk

In Which I Dissect One Harvard Professor’s Tabloid Cover Story (…At Length)

Ethan Gach August 26, 2012

I won’t waste time giving you the context. Niall Ferguson wrote the cover story for Newsweek’s August 19th issue. It is...

Three Things About Paul Ryan as Romney’s VP Pick IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426226-down

Three Things About Paul Ryan as Romney’s VP Pick

Ethan Gach August 14, 2012

I loathe Ryan, not least of all because I can now no longer sit in front of...

Conflicting Accounts of Obama’s Foreign Policy Achievements IFRL-TLC-Scenery-krystian-piatek-1317350-unsplash

Conflicting Accounts of Obama’s Foreign Policy Achievements

Ethan Gach May 1, 2012

Andrew Sullivan wants Obamaites to more aggressively tout the President’s foreign policy achievements: “I think the Obamaites need...

Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on From New York Magazine’s Intelligencer: Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through CollegeThe last part of my interview for a job with the Colorado legislature's joint budget committee was t…
CJColucci on From New York Magazine’s Intelligencer: Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through CollegeLee said he doesn’t know a single student at the school who isn’t using AI to cheat. Birds of a feat…
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Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025First term it was a "blink and you'll miss it" thing, but yes it was on the RoR. I can't google up a…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on From New York Magazine’s Intelligencer: Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College"Testing or measuring procedures cannot be determinative in employment decisions unless they have so…
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025I am not remembering this from the first Trump administration at all. I suppose it has to do somethi…
Dark Matter in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025they’re not even offering the second [a negotiated deal] If the Palestinians were to offer to match…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Palestinian leadership should negotiate with the Israeli government rather than go on quixotic quest…
LeeEsq in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025Than the Palestinian leadership should negotiate with the Israeli government rather than go on quixo…
David TC in reply to Jaybird on From New York Magazine’s Intelligencer: Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through CollegeI don't think that Griggs v. Duke Power Co says what you think it says. Or, alternately, you think r…