Wisconsin Idiocracy Stacy Hintz has my sympathy. If you haven’t heard, the 28-year old mother was fired from her volunteer job leading a Girl Scout troop in Wisconsin because she included a link to her husband’s website, Wisconsin Sickness, in an email to a parent that catalogued her various activities. This is a critical point: no child […]
TIME Magazine is Keeping You Dumb Media doesn’t tell you what to think; media decides what you should think about. If you’ve wondered why Americans are so dumb about the world, the side-by-side comparison of TIME Magazine covers explains a big part of our problem. Original here; click to embiggen.
States of Dissolution That spate of new Republican legislatures enacting austerity? They’re doing more harm than good: Cutting state services not only harms vulnerable residents but also slows the economy’s recovery from recession by reducing overall economic activity. When states cut spending, they lay off employees, cancel contracts with vendors, reduce payments to businesses and nonprofits that provide […]
The Culture War on Education It always amazes me that anyone is still amazed by this stuff. The Culture War fringe is sponsoring tonight’s South Carolina GOP debate: ThinkProgress’ Scott Keyes is on the ground and spotted this booth — just 20 feet from the ball room hosting speeches — sponsored by Frontline Miniseries Inc./Exodus Mandate Project, which sports a […]
No, Glenn Beck, That’s Your History Doof quote of the day, via Politicususa, from the usual 5:00 suspect: They couldn’t get enough communists to come in so they liquidated the communists. Now that’s the history. No, Glenn Beck. It’s not “the” history, it’s YOUR history.
