Riots

The Libertarian Case that Riots are Good, Achtually Minneapolis

The Libertarian Case that Riots are Good, Achtually

Kristin Devine October 2, 2020

I find it very, very concerning the number of libertarians who are watching the riots unfold with...

Always at the Abyss chicago riots

Always at the Abyss

Michael Siegel August 10, 2020

This reluctance to condemn, this refusal to delineate between protesting and rioting, bears responsibility for what happened...

Bad Strategery In Stumptown Threatens Portland, the President, and Us

Andrew Donaldson July 22, 2020

There are no good solutions to the rioters in Portland. There are many moving parts that, should...

It’s Just Property it's just property

It’s Just Property

Kristin Devine June 12, 2020

And as is so often the case it will be the marginalized people who will pay the...

Trouble in Lake Wobegon Minneapolis

Trouble in Lake Wobegon

Dennis Sanders June 2, 2020

Walking around made you wonder if this was Minneapolis or some war-torn city on the other side...

Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Fire, Fury, and Frustration Edition

Andrew Donaldson June 1, 2020

Every time we do this, folks will insist "This is the moment..." that everything is going to...

Cities Burning: Stories of Riots from 1992 and 2020 x-riotgeer

Cities Burning: Stories of Riots from 1992 and 2020

Patrick May 31, 2020

Stories from 1992 and 2020: We're not "bad" people. But we're not as good as we pretend,...

Minnesota Burning Minneapolis

Minnesota Burning

Andrew Donaldson May 28, 2020

Rioting has broken out among protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of George Floyd.

Don’t focus on the riots riot2

Don’t focus on the riots

Jonathan McLeod April 28, 2015

Thoughts about the riots in Baltimore. But it can't be just about the riots, can it?

Jaybird on From New York Magazine’s Intelligencer: Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through CollegeThe Chronicles of Higher Education has a cri de coeur: Is AI Enhancing Education or Replacing It? It…
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Susara Blommetjie in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025I am an Afrikaner. I, and most Afrikaners, think this enire refugee thing is redicilous and embarass…
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025The same thing that #MeToo had to do with it. In theory, it wasn't sex-negative but abuse negative a…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025What did the Crappy Media Men's list have to do with young people wanting (presumably mutually) to g…
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025It's certainly not an endorsement of Moira Donegan's playbook. Was Al Franken considered a victory?…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, and Andrew Cuomo (and their victims) do…
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025He's claimed his job as DNC Vice-Chair is to primary sitting Democrats based on [something]. The def…
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