A graph that explains why the economy is stagnating. It’s because of flawed government policies that continue to pump air into a blown tire.
Having Trouble With The Concept
“Being lesbian doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy s3x with men.”
Ummmmm…actually, it pretty much does.
Environmental Overreach
Global warming and federalism.
To Boldly Go
…where no wives or kids can follow. Another piece from the current issue of Reason, by Nick Gillespie.
Markos Is Unhappy
And I’m feeling a lot of schadenfreude.
Related: did social media usage drive Republicans more than Democrats? That seems counterintuitive but it may be so.
Bil Kristol Has A Dream
I share it, but I suspect we’re going to be disappointed. I don’t know what the filing deadlines are for the upcoming primaries, or how many delegates he’d realistically be able to get.
The Coming Higher-Ed Revolution
It’s inevitable, but there will be a lot of vicious fighting in the trenches by the entrenched before it happens.
Politifact
Why it’s worse than worthless.
Obama’s New Logo For Disneyworld
It is sort of metaphorical that he’s shutting down Main Street USA for his speech.
[Update a few minutes later]
Heh: “Embargoed excerpt of President Obama’s remarks at Disney World, FL, today: ‘It is a small world, after all. It is a small, small, world.'”
[Early afternoon update]
Here are the actual photos. As noted over there, this is surefire campaign-ad material.
[Update a couple minutes later]
Climate Change And Evolution
So it’s come to this:
after hearing an increasing number of anecdotes about K-12 teachers being challenged about how they taught climate science to their students, she says she began to see “parallels” between the two debates –namely, an ideological drive from pressure groups to “teach the controversy” where no scientific controversy exists. To get expertise in this area, NCSE hired climate and environmental education expert Mark McCaffrey as its new climate coordinator and appointed Pacific Institute hydroclimatologist Peter Gleick to its board of directors.
“There’s a climate of confusion in this country around climate science,” says McCaffrey, and NCSE’s goal will be to ensure that “teachers have the tools they need if they get pushback and feel intimidated.” Recent surveys, such as one done among K-12 teachers in September by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), suggest that attacks on climate education are far from rare. NSTA found that over half of the respondents reported having encountered global warming scepticism from parents, and 26% had encountered it from administrators. And a December survey from the National Earth Science Teachers’ Association found that 36% of its 555 K-12 teachers who currently teach climate science had been “influenced” to “teach the controversy.”
One of these things is not like the other. And Gleick sounds like a real piece of work.