Month: February 2015

Slate-Pitch Bullshit

http://www.vox.com/2015/2/14/8039773/why-scott-walkers-lack-of-a-college-diploma-doesnt-matter There is a recent trend – especially among economists – to argue that college doesn’t really matter....

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Real Mature, Boehner

Speaker Boehner appeared this morning on Fox News Sunday with host Chris Wallace. He was challenged about his judgment in inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress without consulting or notifying the White House. What...

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What Does ‘Committed Atheist’ Even Mean?

I’m not sure what it means to be a committed atheist other than, perhaps, that you don’t expect to wake tomorrow as a committed theist. To me, discussions of the truth or falsity of theistic belief systems have faded...

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McConnell Taught Them How to Obstruct

Another way of putting this is that the Senate Democrats can filibuster as much as they want and they don’t have to have the remotest fear that anyone will ever hold them accountable for it. That, ironically, is a lesson...

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