Have Republicans managed to gerrymander themselves into a semi-permanent majority, by Steve Singiser Fermi—Bostrom—Skinner: An Eternal Silicon Screw, by Mark Sumner I really am still undecided between Bernie and Hillary, by Ian Reifowitz Unmitigated hubris, could Oprah Winfrey get away with what Donald Trump said, by Egberto Willies Why dropping federal mandatory minimum sentences will not solve all of our prison problems, by Susan Grigsby Conservatism’s love-hate relationship with the 14th Amendment, by Jon Perr How to talk about white privilege, by Denise Oliver Velez When loan sharking became legal, by Mark E Andersen A quick lecture about Black Lives Matter, by Laurence Lewis Why our computer networks suck, by DarkSyde
Fermi—Bostrom—Skinner: An Eternal Silicon Screw, by Mark Sumner
I really am still undecided between Bernie and Hillary, by Ian Reifowitz
Unmitigated hubris, could Oprah Winfrey get away with what Donald Trump said, by Egberto Willies
Why dropping federal mandatory minimum sentences will not solve all of our prison problems, by Susan Grigsby
Conservatism’s love-hate relationship with the 14th Amendment, by Jon Perr
How to talk about white privilege, by Denise Oliver Velez
When loan sharking became legal, by Mark E Andersen
A quick lecture about Black Lives Matter, by Laurence Lewis
Why our computer networks suck, by DarkSyde
Kirk Lyons, an attorney for the Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, said the restraining order was necessary to consider the ramifications of removing the statues in light of the will left by George Littlefield, a UT-Austin donor who paid for the Confederate statues.[...] "This is not ISIS. This is not the Taliban. This is Texas, by God," Lyons said of the need to involve the court in a decision made by university leaders. "What President Fenves is doing affects the liberty of every Texan."
"This is not ISIS. This is not the Taliban. This is Texas, by God," Lyons said of the need to involve the court in a decision made by university leaders. "What President Fenves is doing affects the liberty of every Texan."
Last week the New York Police Department sergeants’ union inserted itself into local politics yet again when it urged its members and supporters to document the declining quality of life in the city by taking pictures and videos of homeless people, panhandlers and low-level drug dealers and posting them on its Flickr page. This public posting of photos and videos has sparked popular outcry and criticism. In response, the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) has insisted on the value of the project [...] Despite this defense, the photos and videos were removed from Flickr on Friday.
This public posting of photos and videos has sparked popular outcry and criticism. In response, the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) has insisted on the value of the project [...]
Despite this defense, the photos and videos were removed from Flickr on Friday.
St Paul’s School in New Hampshire boasts a glittering roster of alumni that includes senators, congressmen, a Nobel laureate and the current US secretary of state. The elite prep school also allegedly has a sordid tradition of sexual conquest where graduating boys try to take the virginity of younger girls before getting their diplomas. Details of a practice authorities say was called the “Senior Salute” were spelled out in stark terms by a former student at the New Hampshire school, who is charged with raping a 15-year-old girl on the roof of a campus building in May 2014.
Details of a practice authorities say was called the “Senior Salute” were spelled out in stark terms by a former student at the New Hampshire school, who is charged with raping a 15-year-old girl on the roof of a campus building in May 2014.
In the Washington Post Fact Checker column [Friday], Glenn Kessler got really exercised about Bernie Sanders’ totally accurate description of a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on job losses that will occur if spending caps in the Budget Control Act (BCA) are not loosened in coming years. In the end, Kessler’s “fact check” is much more misleading than anything Sanders and his staff released.