Michael Kazin in Dissent, echoing some of my concerns in recent posts: But the meaning of liberalism gradually changed. The quarter-century of growth and low unemployment that followed the Second World War understandably muted...
Shawn writes: After facilitating at a general assembly several weeks back, one of my best friends received a message from a participant thanking him for the empowering experience. Even in the “world’s greatest democracy,”...
Derek Thompson of The Atlantic has written extensively about the current recession. As he notes, young people are having an especially rough time making ground in the workforce right now. Students are graduating “$23,000 in...
(Photo of “An empty Zuccotti Park” by @jimbradysp via Andrew Sullivan) Yesterday, Elias Isquith asked what should occupy Wall Street do next? His own answer is that OWS should rally against “voter suppression.” Doing so, Isquith...
In a comment on Shawn Gude’s previous post on the main page about the Occupy movement, I asked who the “1%” is and whether Occupy protesters were primarily aggrieved about “Wall Street,” or whether...
Devcat is working on correcting some bugs that came with the last WP update.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Reading that article, I have no idea how gay people are involved in this. Normal people, and I inclu… on Don’t Go Torching Cyber TrucksHow I feel about this is incredibly complicated, I actually completely agree it's a bad choice, not…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25The answer is most certainly "...does not a victim make". They're contacting other men. He's contact…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25There should be at least some strategy to the district choice.
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25The question: "Are they victims?" has a strange and terrible logic. If the answer is "yes, those wom… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25I went upstairs to tell Maribou about this and opened with "Do you know who Harry Sisson is?" and sh…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25There was a really funny tweet awhile ago about being out of touch with celebrity culture. This is m… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Primary challenges drive the Left further to the Left and the Right further to the Right. on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25A sex scandal without sex. Or even meeting anyone. Or even promising to meet someone and/or date the… on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Young Democrat Harry Sisson has reportedly been dropped by Palette Management following what might b…
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