Month: January 2018

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A Big Announcement

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On January 25, 2018
My blogging has been extremely light since the first of the year due to a long research trip in Boise and then driving across the country. I was in Iowa yesterday. It was obviously for one reason. Eating at Smitty’s Tenderloin in Des Moines. Obviously I’m laying the groundwork for my 2020 run for the […]
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Lou Anna Simon has submitted a highly postmature resignation. Before he get to her pathetic resignation letter, let’s start here: The presidents of Michigan’s two most prominent public universities are among the highest-paid leaders of universities in the nation, a new survey released Sunday by the Chronicle of Higher Education shows. Michigan State University’s Lou […]

2018 Cooperstown

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On January 24, 2018

The votes are in! Jones, Thome, and Vlad are all eminently qualified and I’m happy to see them get in. There have been worse selections than Hoffman, but I definitely wouldn’t have voted f

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What is a little girl worth?

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On January 24, 2018
This is extremely difficult to watch if someone hasn’t been subjected to sexual assault. I can’t imagine what it would be like for someone who has. Nevertheless Rachael Denhollander’s heroism and eloquence must be witnessed and honored. ETA: An accounting of Denhollander’s journey is here.
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On January 24, 2018
Andrew Sullivan: “I dare you to make a more nonsensical Foucault reference.” Bobo: “hold my breadsticks from the Appelbee’s salad bar!” Second, the Democrats focused all their energies on those all-important Michel Foucault swing voters. When Democrats get all excited, they go into a hypnotic trance and think the entire country is the Middlebury College […]
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