I was somewhat with you until you waded into the classic blunder.

Oh cool the Putinbots are here!

I admit I did not read every single word, I skimmed it.

I read both and what Deadspin said is valid.

Where the administration faltered was in providing so little information. This was a failure in its dealing with the media, allowing all sorts of nasty rumors to fester (some possibly true).

Vienna is not a shit hole and many of the Western kids running off to ISIS are neither under-educated nor poor. There are a ton of factors at work.

That’s nice. For all the shortcomings of the US’s foreign policies, none of them have ever been to enslave, kill, and rape everyone who doesn’t believe the same as you — the two parties are not interchangeable, and Daesh is clearly in the wrong.

Fuck him.

Fuck that. This was the best thing that ever happened to this kid, and he was in no way ‘damaged’ to the point of 15 million dollars.

Oh my god. I have a friend who has been saying the husband did it and posted links that “proved” he did it. I'll have to ask her what she thinks about this. I'm sure she'll be adjusting her tin foil hat

Given Heilein’s statements after the book, it seems fair to assume that he more or less supports the philosophical arguments made therein. It’s probably more accurate to point out that the book isn’t necessarily fascist and to claim that it is misrepresents/overstates the arguments Heinlein was making.

When they weren’t leaning towards socialism (Tunnel In The Sky) or libertarianism (The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls) or authoritarian theocracy (Stranger in a Strange Land, and at least one other I can’t recall right now.) Or corporate oligarchy (Friday.)

Just off the top of my head these may be the reasons:

Apparently “hemispherism” is a thing in today’s brave new PC world. But what do I know - I don’t get my world view from coffee shops and college campuses.

You sound like one of those countries from the gulf that whines and cries when western countries does something against the ‘muslim’ religion like refuse to construct mosques or accuse them of repressing Islam for whatever reason and than banning whatever Christian religions (valentine’s day for one) and repressing…

Absolutely insane that terrorist attacks in the West would resonate with people in the West. I just can’t fathom it.

Adam Richman is an asshole and I liked him much better when he was fat. Anthony Bourdain should feel free to make fun of him. Guy Fieri is an easy target- Bourdain needs to raise his insult game.

“....on November 5, in a fancy boardroom at Woodbridge Hall, ... about 50 students sat around a big round table, crying for four hours.”

I also found her letter to be very cautious. She wasn’t trying to be inflammatory or even assertive, but rather she was trying to provoke a conversation. The tone was more like, “what about this idea? How should we view that?”. They caused me to think. Not necessarily agree with her, but to think about it, which I…

I don’t disagree with the general thrust of a lot of the complaints - Yale, like every organization in America, certainly has some issues to work through, and I absolutely believe it can be oppressive for minority students. But the response to the professor’s email has been overblown and shameful. Her email makes…