Hanging on in quiet desperation is, quite literally, the English way: The education minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, quickly rejected the students’ pleas, saying: “In truth, I was quite surprised by the petition. Because ‘to cope with’ is part of the things one learns — and I am not fluent.” But the students have their defenders. “This […]
Month: June 2015
The New York Times Magazine is doing a special mental health issue this weekend, and the project I work on — we’re researching the neural correlates of transference — is prominently
Crackpot myths about gluten edition.
This opinion piece by Catherine Fisk and Edwin Chemerinsky is quite interesting. Did the Supreme Court accidentally set a precedent to eliminate bans on labor picketing? Reed v. Town of Gilbert’s reasoning makes it clear that restrictions on labor picketing can no longer survive First Amendment scrutiny. Sections 8(b)(4) and 8(b)(7) of the National Labor […]
The sprawling Navajo Nation that covers northeast Arizona and parts of southeast Utah and northwest New Mexico is a huge chunk of land that is beautiful, unique, and fragile. This largely high desert
It’s fun to watch Bill Kristol badly misread conservative opinion on the Confederate flag: Am I right some libs are (perhaps?) pulling back from French Revolution-like frenzy of denunciation of
Now we’re cooking with gas: But at a press conference on Tuesday, in the midst of a national debate over the propriety of Confederate images, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell identified on
This claim that the ISDS courts in the Trans Pacific Partnership are unconstitutional is certainly an interesting one. I’m not a lawyer so I’ll leave the analysis to the experts. But IR
The latest in my series at the Diplomat on Kentucky and the APAC takes a look at Mitch: Kentucky is blessed (or cursed) with a very interesting pair of Senators. Rand Paul, with his outspoken foreign policy views and willingness to filibuster, grabs many of the headlines. His senior colleague, however, has much more influence […]
That’s right Bill, and it’s great. The Left's 21st century agenda: expunging every trace of respect, recognition or acknowledgment of Americans who fought for the Confederacy. —
Potential Democratic primaries vanity candidate gets to the right of Republican South Carolina governor on treason flag. Well done! This and running against the ACA are a good start — now he jus