Presidential Debates

Postmortem: Parsing Policy Platforms and Personalities cintontrump

Postmortem: Parsing Policy Platforms and Personalities

Burt Likko September 27, 2016

A debate heavy on personality and light on policy, with some surprising oversights and some agreements that...

Bread, Circuses and Debates 1024px-Mosaic_museum_Istanbul_2007_011

Bread, Circuses and Debates

Roland Dodds February 13, 2016

Our desire for entertainment is a threat to the state.

Presidential Debates Should be Deemed Cruel and Unusual

Presidential Debates Should be Deemed Cruel and Unusual

Ethan Gach October 23, 2012

In the comments here James Hanley called the debates “pure political theater.” To the degree that last...

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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…