They’re not feeding bullshit to people who like it.

Christ it sounds like Decoration Day.

Three of the world’s leading economists who study inequality have published new research that they say provides the first truly comprehensive picture of not just how much inequality has surged since the Reagan era

I get it now. 2016 isn’t real, it just refuses to break kayfabe.

Hate to sound like a broken record, but the erosion of civic literacy is the foundation of authoritarianism. When people don’t understand how the government actually works, they are susceptible to any reasonably convincing Strongman who tells them “I can fix it”. Here you have the establishment offering up democratic…

It’s important to remember that cynicism can be as devoid of critical thought as naivete.

By definition, everything a president does is, to his critics, bad public policy.

“So, what should be the codeword to indicate that the person secretly wants to have children sent to them?”

“Well, we are going to be a pizza place and our legitimate business is going to involve hundreds of people calling us to order pizza. Let’s make it ‘pizza’ “.

He keeps very strict control over the media - keeping them penned up - in part so that he can control the angles he’s filmed from. Think of how few side view shots you’ve ever seen of him. I’ve no doubt that’s accurate.

Overall I like the thesis of this article. There are two points I’d argue with. First the quote:
“Krugman did believe in after-market redistributionist intervention. But like a good technocrat, he couldn’t bear to just give people money. He imagined a tax credit instead, another needless pile of paperwork and…

I think five things are often missing from the one-side condemnations of Castro by Cuban-Americans -

Westbrook is definitely stealing rebounds, but it’s kinda like a wolverine going after a piece of raw meat. His teammates are smart enough to step away.

Because he made Mike Pence - possibly the most anti-LGBT Governor in this country and an advocate of conversion therapy - his Vice President.

Because he then made the same Mike Pence - who signed a bill providing for an affirmative defense that essentially gave everyone in his state legal cover to discriminate…

i dont think so. just browsing through photos of him from the side, he clearly normally tries to keep his chin lifted up and lips puckered for a reason. This neck is why.

Aaron Gordon was robbed.

In some education circles, her stance of “Improving Standardized Test Scores Is The Holy Grail of School Reform” casts her in a disreputable light. On her watch there was a massive standardized test cheating scandal that, until uncovered, seemed to lend credence to her methods. Once the cheating was revealed, the…

“I don’t know how anyone expects Americans to choose between that”

Ryan Gracie is dead, and accordingly can no longer apply joint locks, so you’re safe there.