Christopher F. RufoD.E.I. Programs are Getting in the Way of Liberal Education
― rob, Thursday, 27 July 2023 12:15 (one year ago) link
good lord
― jaymc, Thursday, 27 July 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
I'm embarrassed to admit I am still capable of being mildly shocked at them platforming such an unambiguous and outspoken racist
― rob, Thursday, 27 July 2023 16:07 (one year ago) link
I know everyone needs a rufover their heads but do we really have to let this guy write op-eds
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link
at least put a pic of him under the byline with the caveat - "Warning, this piece was written by a likely Klansman" or something
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Thursday, 27 July 2023 18:36 (one year ago) link
WaPo not to be outdone:
What happened in the decade before crime rose? ‘Broken windows’ policing stopped.Opinion by Charles Murray
― rob, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
Here are five key findings from a Times examination of Ron DeSantis’s educational backstory.
― rob, Sunday, 20 August 2023 14:23 (one year ago) link
I loved this for the big town small town angle(?): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/business/media/kansas-newspaper-marion-county-record.html
― youn, Sunday, 20 August 2023 14:38 (one year ago) link
Ross Douthat
James Bond Is Now ‘Woke’
― rob, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 12:57 (one year ago) link
james bomb trans now
― van der gragt generator (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 13:11 (one year ago) link
I did think of James when I read that thing on some other thread about cishet men only wanting to sip their little drinks from phallic glasses
anyway, fuck Douthat for stealing my screenplay idea
― rob, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 13:14 (one year ago) link
total clickbait headline on that Douthat piece, which mentions a new Bond novel in the lede but only as a launchpad for some meandering thoughts about UK and Canadian politics
― jaymc, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:31 (one year ago) link
how does one doubt a hat
― Dinglebert Humperstink (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:54 (one year ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/236x/8f/94/82/8f9482771a7a3b8bc13dbcb1551f7e4c.jpg
― The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 14:59 (one year ago) link
is this the new bond by charlie higson of revered "post-punk" clatterers the higsons?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bec8XIycg_w
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 15:02 (one year ago) link
pamela paul column about freddie de boer’s book
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 September 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
they had lunch together!
― jaymc, Thursday, 7 September 2023 19:46 (one year ago) link
tmi
― mh, Thursday, 7 September 2023 20:30 (one year ago) link
Two Families Got Fed Up With Their States’ Politics. So They Moved Out.
some incredible nyt pitchbot-ass false equivalencing in this one:
"After Iowa banned gender-affirming medical care for minors, criminalizing their son’s treatments, the Nobles — lifelong Iowans — concluded they had to get out."
"Jesse Jordan, of Tennessee, said he and his fiancée had considered moving to Oregon after Tennessee leaders adopted a near-total abortion ban, with no exception for a fatal fetal abnormality. “It has become kind of unthinkable for us to pursue a pregnancy in this state,” Mr. Jordan said."
vs.
“One thing I do like about Missouri, there’s lots of American flags,” Mr. Huckins said as he steered around a traffic circle where the Stars and Stripes flapped crisply on a pole. “In Portland, the American flag was offensive.”
"Matthew Krall, an accountant, has no regrets about moving his family in 2019 to Tennessee from California, where he was frustrated by that state’s Democratic governor and liberal policies. When Mr. Krall and his neighbors discuss politics now in his conservative suburb outside Nashville, “it’s more of an agreeable conversation,” he said."
― rob, Saturday, 7 October 2023 15:59 (one year ago) link
god this thing just gets worse and worse. it turns out that the portlanders who left OR supposedly because of the city's politics--the entire thesis of this terrible article--have *grandchildren* in the area of MO they moved to lmao
― rob, Saturday, 7 October 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
lol okay
While there is no precise count of how many Americans have relocated because of politics and social issues, interviews with demographers and people who have moved or are considering moving, as well as a review of social-media postings and polling, show the phenomenon is real.
― mookieproof, Saturday, 7 October 2023 21:46 (one year ago) link
"some people are saying"
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Saturday, 7 October 2023 21:51 (one year ago) link
TEACH THE CONTROVERSY
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 7 October 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/mlaffBT.jpg
at the risk of defending david french, the column itself isn't horrible. but evidently the NYT's editors want people to think it is
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 October 2023 08:30 (eleven months ago) link
Not All Karens
― Prop Dramedy (Old Lunch), Monday, 9 October 2023 11:48 (eleven months ago) link
no the column is pretty horrible.
― a (waterface), Monday, 9 October 2023 12:09 (eleven months ago) link
But just as older Americans can have an obligation to let go of professions and power, young Americans can have obligations to hold on to their elders, to treasure them rather than shove them aside. Ancient wisdom can speak to modern conflicts, and ever since the onset of the generational conflicts during the pandemic, I’ve pondered a key part of the Westminster Larger Catechism, an almost 400-year-old statement of Protestant theology. It takes an expansive view of the Fifth Commandment, “Honor thy father and thy mother.” The catechism asserts that father and mother don’t merely refer to your biological parents, but to “all superiors in age and gifts.”
this is just shit
― a (waterface), Monday, 9 October 2023 12:12 (eleven months ago) link
yeah that column was execrable
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Monday, 9 October 2023 13:59 (eleven months ago) link
yeah lol that's a pure no way nyt for me
― rob, Monday, 9 October 2023 16:01 (eleven months ago) link
Do people even say 'OK boomer' anymore?
― jmm, Monday, 9 October 2023 16:05 (eleven months ago) link
well luckily for young Americans whenever older people lose their jobs they're willing to spend all day online imparting their Ancient Wisdom.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:07 (eleven months ago) link
new borad description
― rob, Monday, 9 October 2023 16:11 (eleven months ago) link
I think many have moved onto "fuck you boomer"
― insert nothing here (Eric H.), Monday, 9 October 2023 16:35 (eleven months ago) link
listen, old people have a slower response time than younger people. apparently by 2-3 years
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 9 October 2023 21:53 (eleven months ago) link
"Don't trust anyone over 30": the ageist slogan that must be stopped
― jmm, Monday, 9 October 2023 23:39 (eleven months ago) link
don’t trust anyone under 30 or over 45
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Monday, 9 October 2023 23:43 (eleven months ago) link
I don't know but I got harrumphed at by several elders on FB for calling Jann Wenner a "prototype of white Boomer male entitlement" — there was a lot of "not all Boomers!" stuff. Boomers are very easily butthurt by this stuff. One guy told me that even using the word "Boomer" was a slur. lol.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 9 October 2023 23:55 (eleven months ago) link
I mean, I don’t see any reason to deny using Boomer as a slur, if it matches your intention
― insert nothing here (Eric H.), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 00:11 (eleven months ago) link
the truth is the truth
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 01:06 (eleven months ago) link
OTOH, I have no problem calling it FaceBoomer
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 05:54 (eleven months ago) link
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 08:35 (eleven months ago) link
is the nyt aware of the existence of colleges that aren't elite expensive private institutions?
― rob, Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:49 (ten months ago) link
you mean where the poors go to learn?
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:59 (ten months ago) link
Barely, judging by the recent articles written by their higher ed reporters:https://www.nytimes.com/by/anemona-hartocollishttps://www.nytimes.com/by/vimal-patel
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 November 2023 17:58 (ten months ago) link
you mean like Barnard and Sarah Lawrence and stuff?
― budo jeru, Thursday, 9 November 2023 19:21 (ten months ago) link
lol
https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:m34vt2ca7xdvivhgibpxc46r/bafkreiewgp5xh2tojvxb4m4avw5omjshnqripmv43hmzubk77i6lbzhos4@jpeg
― rob, Friday, 10 November 2023 14:08 (ten months ago) link
The New York Times needs to expand its reach to include the more modest, mainstream institutions of higher education where most American students go, like Cornell
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 10 November 2023 14:31 (ten months ago) link
Was gonna say, "Whaddya expect them to write about, Brown?"
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Friday, 10 November 2023 14:38 (ten months ago) link
heckuva school
― Left, Friday, 10 November 2023 15:04 (ten months ago) link
My first thought was "Stanford is going to be really pissed off about this" until I realized that it's just as plausible that Stanford paid the NYT to be left off.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 20 November 2023 20:07 (ten months ago) link