LaurieB

Michael 100
So glad you had a good experience at CC. I can say the same. Although I did my BS at Northeastern U here in Boston, about 10 years ago I took a couple semesters of classes at my local CC including […]

American millennials are thrilled and relieved that they will finally throw off the oppressive college loan debt they live under. My millennial kids, nieces, nephews and daughter- in- law all watched Biden’s news […]

Terrible news about Salman Rushdie. Hoping to hear he’s ok.

Strato says:
Marco #19,
I think you could write pieces for the Guardian and the like.

Yes!

Marco

It was really for the benefit of people outside the UK, who may not be so familiar with the structures and the issues. 

 I always appreciate that!

Joe
When this has happened to me in the past I use my back arrow to see my previous page and sometimes I find my comment sitting there in the comment box. I copy it and go back to a refreshed comment box and […]

Michael,  #280
I feel the same way. I do understand that the legal bunch needs to have their ducks in a perfect row but the longer this drags out the more molecules of cynicism accumulate in my brain. 

Do the h […]

I’ll second Vicki’s comment #195. I’m trying to keep up with the BoJo replacement and worrying about the very high heat situation on the whole other side of the pond. 

Michael

 “ cast dispersion,”

Maybe they want a little of that to happen too!
;-D

Tomas,
Welcome.
A few points in your comment #109 that I’m curious about.

Many scientists today apparently take the view that the gene-centred theorem of Dawkins is a simplification that has dazzled readers but […]

Marco #93
For a person with bad intentions, that strategy isn’t difficult to create.  On election nights the major news channels present the results state by state and they also break it down with easy to […]

Olli,
Sorry to drop that comment #65 and then disappear for the whole day. I’ve been zooming around all day and now finally at 3 in the afternoon I’m home for a short time before continuing on a busy day.

I’m […]

Strato

I am disturbed by what I read in the Guardian each evening concerning the behaviour of Putin’s invaders in Ukraine. The merciless, unrelenting, pointless shelling of housing, and what the troops get a […]

Strato

Why do we find these tales cool?

They are evidence of how far we have advanced a la Pinker, Better Angels.
As for Wrangham, I am currently about 40% into his The Goodness Paradox. Wrangham always has […]

aroundtown #6
Thank you for that. In our downcast state I know women appreciate statements of support like yours.
 
A few years ago I met Katha Pollitt, author of the book Pro: Reclaiming Women’s Rights.
The book […]

From Wiki:

In political science, a reactionary or a reactionist is a person who holds political views that favour a return to the status quo ante, the previous political state of society, which that person belie […]

Let’s get our political labels right. The latest atrocities put forth from SCOTUS are perpetrated by Reactionaries, not by Conservatives. If the shoe fits- they need to wear it!

Vicki
I can’t stomach any part of it. I have too many close relationships hanging by a thread at this point. I distanced myself with the goal of keeping those relationships from shattering completely. How long […]

Marco, #141

 Is there any indication at all that it’s given any Trump supporters pause for thought, or is that a) too much to ask and b) in any case too soon?

a) is probably true and I can’t know if b wi […]

Olli

Laurie, did you ever get used to it or ever come to understand/feel it more? 

I’m sorry to say that I never did get used to it. When I try to listen with an open mind I still feel like I’ve plunged my […]