Then propose an alternative. Where should Jews be? America is about the least hostile place, but historically hasn’t been that great (and things are getting worse). Germany? France? We know how those went. Russia? Even worse. Your answer isn’t “not that land,” your answer is “no land.” Do you support genocide? Maybe…

“A land without a people” was said about east Africa (what is now Uganda) in response to the British government’s offer of that land in 1903. It was sparsely populated, but for a reason and the offer was rejected by the World Zionist Congress in 1905.

They deserve self-determination, and I’ve never said differently. Zionism is an ideology based around the explicit and empirical threat posed to one group of people for their identity. If you say Jews aren’t deserving of controlling a segment of land, then you are saying Jews are worthy of systematic discrimination…

Did Jezebel seek out a viewpoint from the other side, or are the editors simply comfortable with the context-free claim that Israel and Zionism are simply a modern nationalist movement? Nothing about the utter failure of the Enlightenment in Europe to successfully integrate Jews as Jews without demanding they abandon…

I could get all but the second-to-last sentence, the first one in the highest noise condition.

Was the direction for freeing the damsel in the distress written as “Just stare real hard at her chest”?

Used to go to the OKC zoo every week, and they have a nice walk-through tortoise exhibit. Also used to see their tortoises getting torrid regularly. Glad we moved before I had to explain the wet smear on the female’s shell to my kid.

My 14 year old dog died at home about six weeks ago. On Wednesday, the vat had said palliative care, could be months, and she died Monday morning. She declined so quickly over the weekend and because we live in a relatively small town, there isn’t a lot of weekend/emergency veterinary care for non-farm animals. So,…

I’m in the tank for Self, so take that as you will, but he’s never not been a stand-up guy about things. He’s suspended players twice, without question, when there were accusations of relational violence, including once earlier this season. When the player this season was quickly and completed exonerated, Self didn’t…

Same here. I was using EN for years, but the price increase for premium pushed me to ON last year, and the privacy stuff last month made me even more wary. ON also allows me to ink on a note, rather than separating ink and other content.

Major note of caution: if you are a student (as opposed to faculty, staff, or their dependents) at the school, your campus health clinic records are treated as educational records, NOT health records, meaning they have much weaker privacy protections. Over the strident objections of the clinic, the University of…

Sideout anyone?

Why is the picture included here with the story? That adds nothing to the reporting, just boosts the signal on the original offending picture, and is gross.

He says he can’t give a shit. He then gives a shit. The dissonance is too strong.

If you write academic papers and use Word to create citations and bibliographies, you’re doing it wrong. Go use Zotero. It’s free, integrates with Word, has all the citation styles you’ll need, and actually saves your research.

I boarded an American flight last month, then we were all told to disembark because of a mechanical issue. The passengers included an American cabin crew repositioning. The crew, along with some of us reg’lar folks, were rebooked on a later flight (the original flight was eventually canceled). On this rebooked flight,…

This was a natural reaction to needing special magical powers to create the snow necessary for the Games. Less ripping off, more subtle acknowledgment.

On behalf of the entire college debate community, a couple of things. First, no one other than Ted Cruz says those things in round, and if they do, they get roundly shamed for it. Second, we are all, from the least experienced freshman to the longest-tenured coach, smarter than that. Third, fuck that guy. Thank you.

Generally, no, debaters will make lots of arguments they don’t believe in to win the round. However, stupid is not usually rewarded. You still get held accountable for saying terrible things.

Write every day. Every. Single. Day. Develop the writing muscles and the discipline. It will serve you well when the thesis/dissertation comes around. I got through my diss by writing 800 words per day. If I wrote 800, and then there were 800 more there, great, write those too. If it took all day to get my 800 out,…