Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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Have You Heard

  • TweetAmazon founder Jeff Bezos is creating a network of tuition-free Montessori-inspired preschools for low-income students. But his vision of schools that nurture the autonomy and creativity of kids is on a collision course with the Amazon...

    6 days ago
  • TweetThe idea that more education is the way to help workers get ahead is a cherished American principle. In fact, this “human capital” view of education dates all the way back to another period of roaring inequality in the US: the Gilded...

    20 days ago
  • TweetSchool ranking season is on us once again, which means that Have You Heard co-host Jack Schneider is in a lather. Episode #106 is devoted to demystifying the “brutal pessimism” of school rankings and ratings, from higher education...

    a month ago

Chicago Boyz

  • With considerable regret, I must confess to deleting Disney, their products, works and ways from my personal media consumption. I’ll not be trashing the various DVDs of classic Disney or Disney/Pixar movies that I own – but I definitely...

    16 hours ago
  • Scott Alexander, in a 2017 post at Slate Star Codex: People talk about “liberalism” as if it’s just another word for capitalism, or libertarianism, or vague center-left-Democratic Clintonism. Liberalism is none of these things...

    5 days ago
  • Oh, for the Love of Life Orchestra, the rotting spectral zombie of reparations for slavery of African-Americans is staggering out of the graveyard of bad political ideas once more, and onto the stage of public discussion. It’s a Biden-approved...

    10 days ago

Centinel2012

  • Armstrong Economics Blog/Education Re-Posted Mar 17, 2021 by Martin Armstrong While those supporting the Great Reset are all about preventing any movement that requires people to drive with fossil-fueled vehicles, they are deliberately...

    19 minutes ago
  • Posted originally on the conservative tree house March 16, 2021 | Sundance | 128 Comments Who needs ten days notice for a presser?…

    an hour ago
  • Posted originally on the conservative tree house March 16, 2021 | Sundance | 122 Comments Earlier this evening President Donald Trump called-in to Maria Bartiromo for an interview about the border crisis created by the JoeBama administration...

    an hour ago

The BRAD BLOG

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Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Boston Castle, in Rotherham England, was built as a hunting lodge for the third Earl of Effingham who was, in 1775, a serving British officer. He was keen to have his military capabilities recognized and had at one time served as a mercenary for...

    19 minutes ago
  • Casa del Venado Azul is a factory, school, musical instrument shop, lodging place, and center for spiritual journeys. This multipurpose center offers pre-Columbian musical instruments, classes in Chichimeca culture for children, workshops...

    an hour ago
  • Independence Square in Minsk and the surrounding buildings were designed in the classic, constructivist style of architecture by renowned Soviet architect, Iosif Langbard. The square is immense and is designated for various public events.  ...

    2 hours ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Bruce Arthur discusses how Doug Ford could prevent a third wave of COVID-19 in Ontario, but is choosing not to. John Michael McGrath writes that we need to stay vigilant in doing everything...

    an hour ago
  •  Contented cats.

    13 hours ago
  • For all the commentary Marco Rubio has managed to generate with his threat that Republicans may hate Amazon more than the workers seeking to organize it, nothing reflects the warped priorities of his party (and their Canadian cousins) than...

    21 hours ago

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