So this seems a little extreme, but visiting scholars at all universities rarely do fuck all. Most of the people I know who have been visitors have a blast, mostly hanging out, going to dinner, maybe showing up at a couple seminars, and sitting in on journal clubs. For departments hosting visitors, you welcome them…

I think it is that it isn’t quite done, and Netflix would have to maintain a relationship to Spacey to finish. With the Cosby show, I’ve found I just cannot watch Cosby acting like the good natured patriarch while many actors he attacked are on screen with him (I’m guessing that he preyed on women who had small roles,…

So, I kind of agree with you, covfefe comes to mind, but not in this case. This is that bad. This is the president of the United States loosely throwing around promises to have a criminal suspect condemned before trial, and saying that the criminal justice system is not capable of properly punishing him, so we should…

Neil Patrick Harris would always have a job?

So I think Ryan is bad (and I grew up in his district, I’ve had many years to live with his badness). I think he has been sullied by Donald Trump, seduced and ultimately betrayed by the promise of a unified Republican government. I don’t think he shares the same grifter core as Donald Trump and his minions. I think…

Yeah, me too, and even if he had used the actual expression, it is still a bullshit analogy. The owners back up a money truck to get into the business partially to make a profit, but also because they want to be close to the game and the players. I think all businesses should view their workers with respect and…

Exactly! Washington post had a piece over the weekend interviewing conservative voters in Houston about relief efforts for Puerto Rico. At least a few of them had the view that Puerto Rico should just take care of themselves. You know, like Houstonians did. Never mind the FEMA checks, government backed flood…

Yep, I just took a look at their website, looks like they have done a pretty thorough renovation. Probably much more “engaging” and “educational” now.

Yeah, I clicked on the link, I think what people are calling lots of touchscreens in the rendering are actually wall cases for cut stones, so you could actually get closer to them than in a conventional box display.

Huh? I was saying that there is plenty he could do. My comment about lefty’s was one directed towards the criticism you often see on this site of insufficiently perfect democrats and feminists.

I’m actually getting angrier at Bush. The roots of Trump’s view that he is a king grew like crazy during Bush’s tenure. My biggest disappointment in Obama’s administration (and to be clear, I think Obama was an excellent president, reflecting truly the best of America) was his continued push against the boundary of…

‘There is a weird trend here of trashing them when they did something good because it wasn’t good enough.’

I’m so mad at Jeff Flake. Yes, his opponent is well funded and he might lose. Fuck her. If you are really so bound by your principles, fight for them. You could even try to get some conservative democrats to vote for you in the primary. It will suck and my guess is he thinks he will probably lose, but come on. He’s…

Yeah, I think this is a case where a little process could help matters, and the rush to get a fix moving meant that they were not following any process. I don’t know if this is graft, but it leaves the appearance of it. An open bidding process, including considering non-contractor options like the mutual assistance…

Agreed. I’d like to think that I could be creative and both mentally and physically tough and survive, but dehydration is a terrible way to die. They were found miles from where they started, and who knows how long they were out there before he did it, and what mental state he was in at that point.

Pence is dangerous. I would hate for him to be president. I don’t think Pence would actively goad a nuclear powered nation into launching a first strike on the U.S. or our allies. Trump seems to be trying to do so. Pence is a threat to our way of life and freedom for many in our country. I truly believe that Trump is…

A lot of public universities have meeting spaces that are open to the public to rent, in some cases without any kind of university affiliation needed.

This is the real test for him, if he can pull off an aw shucks, I’m just out here serving my country line, he can win. If he comes across as rich and entitled, he won’t.

ps. I hate carpetbaggers and I hope Wyoming does to. This guy should not be in the senate. He should be in jail.

The sheer hostility to wind power by officials in some of the states most economically dependent on fossil fuel extraction is just so odd. Oklahoma, North Dakota, Wyoming, Arkansas. These should be boom powerhouses of wind turbines. One thing that I always took for granted is that oil and gas companies are…