Sadly today, as you have probably heard, a high school kid went ballistic with a knife in a Pennsylvania high school. Gun nuts are joyous--guns don't kill people, people kill people! Oh yeah, except that this kid didn't actually kill anyone (at time of writing,...
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I'm not sure what I find more amusing: Aaron's actual statement, in which he likens the GOP to the KKK in "neckties and a starched shirt" instead of a.
Happy Leafs Elimination Day! This year's edition is especially entertaining, and of interest beyond NHL fans, because it represents another disaster for old-school media troofers who, as part of their.
The fickle Gods of peer review have directed me to turn my critical eye toward this article. Wellman defends the possibility of highly restrictive immigration policy, up to and including, potentially, rejecting any and all legitimate political refugees, on freedom of association grounds. It's a...
I scored an interview with the author of the controversial Chronicle article, Marc Bousquet.* I tried to make the stakes of the debate clear to non-academic readers, and I think.
Listen to what Dana Perino has to say about the new film, "Noah." She basically says "This film does not mirror my ill-informed, misty, water-colored childhood memories therefore it's wrong.".
Yet another depressing article about women in technology. If you value your sanity, don't read the comments section, which is a compilation of petulant hand-waving and mansplaining. [SEK] In other news, The Other Madison on my cul de sac asked if I had "let...
A valuable reminder: It's proper to revisit that campaign, which established a new standard for odious political advertising. That's a real achievement, given the deceitful nature of most of the.
A very good discussion between Harold Pollock and Jonathan Gruber on the Supreme Court decision that will kill some of society's most vulnerable citizens: Jon: I think, Harold, the single.
The New America foundation has released a study of graduate and professional school debt, which features a bunch of interesting information. Unlike most reports regarding such debt, New America's survey includes survey estimates of actual educational debt totals, not merely how much graduate and professional...
Terrific reporting from Dara Lind here.
This is a guest post from Steven Attewell. You may have heard he has a new book out. So this filled me with an instant rage this morning; works better.