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Fear and present danger.2 comments

eric wrote 1 year ago: We are not only safer than we think, we are safer than we have ever been, say Micah Zenko and Michae … more →

Tags: History and Current Events, Military History

The founding Fathers just LOVED stalking. And shorter cafeteria hours.17 comments

dana wrote 2 years ago: Glad this clown is gone.  Is it new to claim that stalking and harassment is protected by the First … more →

Who are you callin' unassimilated?21 comments

dana wrote 2 years ago: Douthat gets some pushback on his earlier post concerning assimilation.   His argument was simply th … more →

My birthright goes for quite a bit higher than a mess of pottage, thanks.4 comments

dana wrote 2 years ago: Will Wilkinson presents what can be described fairly as a non-xenophobic argument for the repeal of … more →

Tags: The Last Days of the American Republic

Smoke-filled rooms.88 comments

ari wrote 3 years ago: In a recent article in The Nation, Jon Wiener of UC Irvine writes about historians who have worked a … more →

Wait, how much?20 comments

dana wrote 3 years ago: Five?  Five??  Five?!?!? As in, I spent more on a bagel and coffee this morning five the hell what n … more →

Would you unknot your panties if I told you that the knot made a better fuse for underwear bombs?23 comments

dana wrote 3 years ago: The cry for security theatre, once more, with feeling continues.  From the Atlantic piece: The minut … more →

Tags: mini-thought

That's a funny place to keep your reasoning ability36 comments

dana wrote 3 years ago: Via Leiter, an article on why philosophy lags behind the other humanities’ disciplines in gend … more →

Tags: academentia

The wildness of the West.46 comments

eric wrote 3 years ago: Here’s another edition of “there is in fact good and nontrivial scholarship in modern hi … more →

Tags: curse of knowledge, my boundless optimism

¡Huelga contra WPA!11 comments

eric wrote 3 years ago: Ferdie Pacheco, “The Lector Reads to Women Cigar Workers” (Detail) Today brings another … more →

Tags: new deal denialist truth squadding, curse of knowledge, my boundless optimism


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