A good deal of legitimate criticism of Caitlin Flanagan's work has appeared on this blog, but I must say that I very much enjoyed this article on fraternity life and litigation strategy: So recently and robustly brought back to life, the fraternities now faced the most...
The UAW has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board over the interference of Tennessee politicians in the union election, claiming intimidation and asking that the results be.
Rough loss for the U.S., but there's reason for consolation: America has almost as many goals against Canada as Latvia and Norway did.— mc79hockey (@mc79hockey) February 21, 2014 Seriously, even.
Building on the model of professional sports, where immensely profitable owners squeeze the wages, reduce the benefits, and undermine the pensions of everyday workers because they can, the Pac-12, flush with cash from the Pac-12 Networks, refuses to provide health insurance or retirement benefits for its...
Once again, figure skating is a terrible sport.
Frenemies battle round 2 today; should be at least as much fun. How did the last meeting come out? I'm having trouble remembering... There are two bad ways of handicapping.
I highly recommend Estelle Sommeiller and Mark Price's report on growing income inequality by state since 1979. Some of their findings from the executive summary (you can download the PDF at the link). Lopsided income growth characterizes every state between 1979 and 2007. In four states...
Particularly given that it's already been a subject a broader discussion this year, I should acknowledge that I was wrong to say that "Iraq was just as much a fiasco".
Oh, hai. Remember thing I said about David French? About how he had written the dumbest thing on the Internet? I take it back. Vox Day now holds the honor..
This is a prologue to some further thoughts and observations in the coming days/weeks. Consider the accuracy of the following two statements, in light of this and this: 1) The Catholic Church considers the use of contraception to be a flagrant violation of God's designs and...
In the wake of the George Zimmerman acquittal, Lisa Wade discussed some data which contrasted justifiable homicide rates in stand-your-ground states to those without. Not terribly shocking, "In SYG states, 13.6%.
A bit more on airpower, seapower, and strategic theorizing: The ongoing debates over airpower theory, seapower theory, and strategic theory more generally have glided over three issues: the division between domains of action,.