I expect this legislation to accomplish only half of what it claims. By that I mean that I'm confident it will succeed in hurting the people it is intended to hurt, but that it will fail to help the corporations it is intended to help. Read more
I expect this legislation to accomplish only half of what it claims. By that I mean that I'm confident it will succeed in hurting the people it is intended to hurt, but that it will fail to help the corporations it is intended to help. Read more
Abby Norman isn't going to tell you stories about heroic teachers and students; Equally Blessed prays for the next pope but Garry Wills isn't quite as hopeful; Paul Krugman says we should raise the minimum wage and boost the EITC; and Brenna Clarke Gray says "Stop Apologizing for What You Like to Read." Read more
I'm happy to be back indoors (and back online) today after two long days shivering on the sidelines of a rugby pitch in Lancaster County. The Frostbite Tournament brought the first five rugby games of the new season and my daughters and their team are now 5-0 as their Downingtown RFC girls team brought home the big trophy (again). Boo-ya. Read more
[San Francisco Mayor Gavin] Newsom highlights the contradiction embraced by those who want to argue both that same-sex marriages are not constitutional and that the Constitution must be amended in order to make such marriages illegal. Read more
These are warped, stunted, soulless creatures who lie awake at night worrying that somehow, somewhere, some poor person might be catching a break that they didn't 100-percent deserve. Read more
Acts 19:29-41: "But when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said ... 'The courts are open, and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges there against one another. If there is anything further you want to know, it must be settled in the regular assembly. For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion.'" Read more
The stranger has never read this book, but he knows a lot about David Foster Wallace. "He's a hack," the stranger says. "The soundtrack to St. Elmo's Fire blew." Read more
This whole world-without-children thing handicaps Nicolae Carpathia's ability to supply the sort of horrific evil we expect from an Antichrist. He's supposed to be the epitome of evil -- surpassing the cruelty of all the monsters of history. But it's hard to compete with guys like Genghis Khan or Joshua when there are no children available to put to the sword. So instead of murder and mayhem, Nicolae's evil master plan mostly just involves taxation. Read more
Bernard Bailyn's insight into the "savagery" of early Puritan colonists relates closely to our discussion earlier this week on Saturday Night Live's "DJesus Uncrossed" sketch and its failure to exceed the absurdity of Tim LaHaye's actual views about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Read more
It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours. This week we wrap up our alphabetical survey of songs named after famous people, including songs named for three musical geniuses, two Hollywood icons, a propagandist, an architect and a tragic survivor. Read more
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