Priorities
In Texas, public education “is facing billions in proposed budget cuts,” but not all is bleak for some schools.
Author Archive
Watts Readers to Climate Reconciliation: Shove It
The majority reaction to the Lisbon rapprochement from Anthony Watts readers is loud and clear. Here’s one representative comment: I am violently opposed to the warmistas, their beliefs and their crusade to tax and control me. Let my language make it plain that I believe that this is a war. No reconcilliation ““ no surrender….Continue Reading…
An 'Unholy Alliance'
But the same formula for this partnership, no?
The Cannibalism Collection
If you’re looking for Sunday brain food on a taboo subject (it may go down better after brunch), head over to Gambler’s House for some smart, straight talk on cannibalism. I’ve been meaning to note Teofilo’s recent meditations on the topic, and now he’s helpfully collected them all in one post. I loved his headline…Continue Reading…
Question of the Day
Would you trust a company that produced a report saying that 88 percent of Chinese citizens trusted its government? Global Voices reports that “many Chinese netizens” are incredulous of the survey’s finding, including this person who posted a comment on a Chinese blog: A mistake, the result should be 100%. Even prisoners in China trust…Continue Reading…
Saturday Soul Break
Southern Sahara desert style.
Texas Taliban Snark
Via Daily Kos, I came across this astonishing, mind-blowing quote from Texas Governor Rick Perry: I am concerned that some the highly diverse Magnet public schools in this city are becoming hotbeds for liberalism. Do we really need free school bus service, Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian-Pacific Heritage Month, ESL, special needs and…Continue Reading…
About that "Authoritarian Envy"
It’s good to see I’m not the only one bothered by it. Now this post–and President Obama’s speech on Tuesday–is the way to balance that admiration for China with some healthy perspective.
The Me Epoch
What a long, strange trip it’s been, from apeman to hydrocarbon man. Is it time we humans aped Donald Trump and named a geological age after ourselves? I can see the argument laid out in this essay, but don’t we already know we’re masters of the universe? I don’t see how making it official is…Continue Reading…