How Should Democrats Handle Student Loan Payments
One of the remaining benefits to combat Covid-19 is the suspension of federal student loan payments. President Biden wants them back
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Ordinary Times’ Andrew Donaldson on The Young Turks “Indisputable” with Dr. Rashad Richey
Andrew Donaldson, Managing Editor of Ordinary Times and host of Heard Tell, enters The Bullpen to discuss OSHA’s vaccine mandate.
Thursday Throughput: The Boys Are All Right Fertility Edition
Activists will continue to milk the issue, but this new paper suggests we should hold off flogging this fertility panic for the time being.
Linky Friday: ‘Cause Ain’t No Such Things As Halfway Crooks Edition
Linky Friday: The Ordinary Times tradition of bringing you stories from around the world and across the web plus the week that was at OT
The Politics of Survival: Putting Yourself in a Box
Political conversation has focused on promises made by those who want our vote in exchange for elements of our perceived survival.
The Lost Art of Book Learning
Google searching is utilitarian, but it is not a substitute for the visceral fun of opening a random volume up to a random page and learning something new.
On Writing of Wrongs
We should understand that because of the technology of the day, we may well be the most recorded and documented generation in history.
Game of Thrones: Little People, Big World
Quit ignoring The Scope Problem or we’ll end up with more Game of Thrones that start off amazing and end with a disappointed “meh”.
Yann’s Hot Dog Stand, Chocolate Milk, and Hometown Tradition
Ketchup? Mr. Yann is the “no soup for you” guy of the hot dog world. “NO KETCHUP. NO RELISH. NO CHEESE. DON’T ASK.”
I Love My Country, But Let’s Not Kid Ourselves.
“This isn’t who we are” comes from a good place. It’s also incredibly wrong. This is who we are. This is who we are as a nation.
Ordinary Times’ Andrew Donaldson on Consumer Choice Radio
Ordinary Times’ own Managing Editor Andrew Donaldson appeared on Consumer Choice Radio to talk politics, culture, West Virginia & more
Drinking Cheap Vodka Will Kill You: A Twitter Parable
That’s the sentence that sent me to a 12-hour Twitter time-out so I could cool my heels and think about all the harm I wished to inflict.
Not An Escalation of Trumpism, An Acceleration of Consequences
As long as Trump commands the base, Trumpism will become the face of a once respectable, sorely missed conservative party.
January 6th: A Layman’s Post About Group Behavior
There is a discussion regarding the riots this past summer and January 6th’s riot at the Capitol, so I’d thought I’d lay out the argument.
Songs About John Henry
It’s been a slow news week so come with me on a journey into American folklore to a story we all kn–wait, what’s this coming in through my earpiece? The President of the United...
It’s Not Just About A Speech: Impeachment and President Trump
If President Trump goes unpunished, the message will not be “don’t do this”. No, the message will be, “Next time, send a bigger mob”.
Impeachment, President Trump, and Evidence That Demands a Verdict
The president is defiant, Congress is impeaching, and the final days of the Trump Presidency are set for a climactic ending. So now what?
When People Become Stateless
State residency is a debatable and fluid concept for people like you and every state you visit will eye you for potential revenue.
Inaugural Dread: What Happened January 6th, and Will it Happen Again January 17th or January 20th?
President Trump merely told them that “if you don’t fight like Hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” This is Trump’s history.
Them’s Fightin’ Words: The First Amendment and Incitement
“Fighting words” are distinct from “speech that incites violence,” though both are limited but recognized exceptions to First Amendment protection.
