The Oklahoma legislature is awesome: An Oklahoma state representative said he wants voters to decide whether the state should issue bonds to help fund storm shelters in public schools, a day after the House refused to consider such funding. Oklahoma Rep. Joe Dorman, a Democrat, said on Wednesday he will hold a special committee meeting […]
Month: September 2013
It’s even worse at the community college level.
Whether in Europe or the U.S., the wolf debate is kind of the ultimate in the urban-rural environmentalism divide. I have to admit that while I sympathize with the French shepherds, I mostly side with
Lovely.
Many of the readers here have probably noted the mild turmoil endured by the Duck of Minerva over the past couple of weeks. I have no interest in recapping that, other than to say that turmoil is very
This is not a rhetorical question, nor is it intended to be snarky or otherwise disingenuous. Why is killing a lot of people with chemical weapons considered so much worse, in terms of international l
Given the relative feebleness of the case for attacking Syria, if I were a member of Congress I would vote against an AUMF. Since it’s likely that this will be a minority permission, at a minimum any AUMF shouldn’t provide open-ended authority but should be very narrowly tailored to authorize the actions that Obama is […]
On this week’s episode of Foreign Entanglements, Zack Beauchamp and I talk about the most frustrating aspects of the Syria debate:
Ariel Castro unable to withstand even two months of captivity. I wonder who Fred Hiatt is going to commission to write a piece about how what Castro did wasn’t really all that terrible. Personal
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, the album I’ve perhaps been anticipating most this year, is finally out. And it’s really fantastic, but you don’t need to take my word for it, since NPR is streaming it for free this week along with an […]
Today is the first day of class at URI. I need some motivation to get me pumped for teaching. These 1920s workplace motivational posters should do the trick. I thought about titling this post “K
Just in case anyone wasn’t aware that Teach for America is a tool of the capitalists, the organization has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to funnel TFA members into a career with a corporation tha