It's Lutefisk season
Is it like Scandinavian Gefilte fish? Yuk.
Realtors: We Overcounted Home Sales for Five Years
What Do They Call a Tiger Mom in China?
Stumbling across the truth about men and women as just friends
Boys will be boys, despite the prissy schoolmarms. Boys have two brains...
World's Ugliest Public Art
Are Hollywood Stars Enabling Sexual Predators By Not Naming Names?
Act of Valor- a movie you must see
How to destroy tourism in Egypt
That Graduation-Rate Nonsense Strikes Again
I'm not too smart, but it seems to me obvious that, in general, the higher your graduation rates, the lower your expectations, rigor, and demands. Let's face it: Big Education is an industry, and they need to please the buyers. If expectations are too high, buyers will go elsewhere. Does your kid's school require second year calc? Latin? Stats? Plato? If not, it's expensive babysitting. I would have more faith in the integrity and standards of programs with substantial wash-out rates. As an example, it's damn tough to get into the US Navy SEALs program (eg 100 push-ups in a minute) - and they still have an 80% washout rate. Thus graduation has a meaning.
Tim Tebow, Denver Broncos to Usher In Devastating Anti-Semitic Pogrom
Gotta keep an eye on those doggone evil Christians
Why I Stopped Giving to Duke
UK update: Rising tuition fees force students into sex work, says students' union (h/t, Capt. Capitalism)
"Force"? Lots of rich celebs seem to do "sex work" for free, just for grins or the thrills.
New Haven Asks State to Allow Non-Citizens to Vote
Country is going insane
Also insane (re-linked important vid): Your coming changes with Obamacare
This is not "insurance." This is pure control of your darn body. As far as I know, however, you will still be "allowed" to purchase your own help, if needed.
Durban: Climate theatre of the absurd
Related: Climate Delegates Agree To Keep Getting Paid
Well, so they agreed on something practical
The Moral Case For Capitalism - And why it must be made.
What is more moral than God-given freedom?
Fear of Big Government Grows Even Among Democrats
Country is not dead in spirit yet. Between the EPA, Obamacare, and some other things, people are getting nervous about Federal aspirations for control and command. The average red-blooded American person does not desire a Philosopher-King, but wants to be King of his own life - for better or worse. We do not want to be babied European serfs. Perhaps much of the world has servility in their blood.
Obama's Volt administration
Five Lessons for Republican Candidates Courtesy of Herman Cain - Number 1: Every contender must play harsh devil’s advocate with himself before announcing… or prepare for unceremonious roasting.
The Cellulosic Ethanol Debacle - Congress mandated purchase of 250 million gallons in 2011. Actual production: 6.6 million.
Is my Ford supposed to burn hay? It's not a freaking horse. Fact is, I'd like a horse too. Dad first put me on a horse at age 3, and I learned to ride bareback. I have learned that a horse is just a retarded, insane motorcycle that runs on hay.
Mamet: Israel, Isaac and the Return of Human Sacrifice - Why have liberal Westerners turned their backs on the Jewish state?
"By now, it's obvious that adopting the euro was a colossal blunder. It may rank as Europe's worst policy mistake since World War II."
BOOK REVIEW: ‘The End of the Euro’
Regulation Nation
Why not Huntsman?
Dems drop millionaires tax in year-end dispute
Whew. Glad I dodged that bullet.
Surber:
Every time our dear, sweet president gets in political hot water, he gives a speech that his fans in the press box immediately praise as a instant classic — a masterpiece worthy of Martin Luther King and John Kennedy. Every one of these instant classics is pedestrian and partisan.
I'd go beyond "fans." It's Kneepad City.
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