Turning Good Minds to Mush

And empowering the worst among us. American colleges.

Common Core and Colleges

The race to the bottom.

Brad DeLong Is an Ethics-Free, Partisan Hack (Part of a Series)

Rod Dreher has become the Berkeley professor's latest target for insults.

What's Spanish for "Black List"?

Maria Conchita Alonso gets booted from play because of her political beliefs.

Even Mother Jones Agrees

Rachel Maddow is full of shit.

The Sexual Assault on U.S. Military Members

According to the Department of Defense, the simple act of asking someone out on a date, and if they did not want to be asked out, has now been classified as an unwanted sexual contact or unwanted gender-related behavior, and it was counted in this survey.

An Ardent Communist Killed John F. Kennedy

You wouldn't know that if all you read was the New York Times.

It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.

The Obama administration says you don't have to actually be enrolled in an Obamacare health insurance plan for it to count you as an enrollee.

At American Universities

Women are always the victims, even when they are the victimizers.

"The Hunger Games" Is a More Challenging Read Than "The Sun Also Rises"

Or "The Grapes of Wrath" or "The Power and the Glory," according to Common Core standards.

Misdirection and Bullshit

The Obama administration tries to explain away the president's promise that you could keep your insurance if you wanted.

Republicans Need an Exit Strategy

Megan McArdle lays out the predicament they have gotten themselves into.

Arrest the Priests

If they do do their jobs.

Was Kanye West Right?

You have to admit that leather jogging pants don't sound practical.

Brad DeLong Is Still an Ethics-Free, Partisan Hack (Part of a Series)

Here's the latest.

Anil Dash Is an Asshole

And his name is Anil.

16 Tweets

That's how many made racist complaints about the new Miss America. But from the way the media covered it you'd think there were thousands.

Thank You, Jenny McCarthy

The United States is looking at its largest number of measles cases in years because so many parents refuse to vaccinate their children.

Mean Old Man

IF John McCain had been elected president, we'd be at war with half the world by now.

Obama: Syria Strike Will Serve No Objectives

The New Yorker has the story.