Today in the Coming Republican Coalition

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I can see why Republicans are trying to rig the 2016 elections. Their politicians are utterly hopeless in appealing to the mainstream of this nation. A couple of fresh examples from today's news. Here's James Lankford, Republican congressman from Oklahoma and #5 in the House leadership....

Le Blog De Jean-Paul Sartre

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Not bad: Wednesday, 22 July, 1959: 10:50 A.M. This morning over breakfast S. asked me why I looked so glum. “Because,” I said, “everything that exists is born for no reason, carries on living through weakness, and dies by accident.” “Jesus,” S. said. “Aren’t you ever...

Jack Morris And Arbitrary Endpoints

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Dave Fleming's contrarian case for Jack Morris, I think, is while much better than the typical case for Morris still nearly self-refuting. A couple points: I take the point that one shouldn't overestimate the precision of WAR totals, and I'm actually inclined to agree that the...
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The Decline of Unions

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Not a good day for a labor person. Labor Department figures released today showed that 11.3% of the American workforce belongs to a labor union. That is the lowest number since 1936. To put that in context, the National Labor Relations Act was upheld by the...
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