Sunday, May 02, 2021

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Have You Heard

  • State of Siege: What the Free State Project Means for New Hampshire’s Public Schools

    TweetTwo decades ago, the Free State Project announced an audacious plan to make New Hampshire a utopia for libertarians. Now one of their central goals – privatizing education – appears within reach. Have You Heard heads to the Granite...

    10 days ago

  • Failure to Disrupt. Again

    TweetThe pandemic gave the education technology industry the opportunity to FINALLY deliver on the bold promises it has been making for decades. What happened instead was just another failure to disrupt, says MIT’s Justin Reich. Transcript...

    24 days ago

  • What They’ve Lost

    TweetStudents from Boston tell Have You Heard what they’ve lost during this year of pandemic learning. Spoiler: what you’ll hear bears little resemblance to the discussion of “learning loss” that’s atop the agenda of policy makers...

    a month ago

Chicago Boyz

  • Father and Jack: Conversation as Life Preserver

    My grandsons wonder about life in the fifties, life in their mother’s mother’s village, state. So here’s a personal narrative. Each family was unique, but this does describe another time & place. Jack was one of my father’s friends...

    13 hours ago

  • Continuing Supply Chain Issues

    I have been sharing supply chain woe stories over the past year plus, ever since the Chinese commie crud took over the headlines. I work in the world of industrial distribution. Many of those supply chain issues remain to this very day, and some...

    a day ago

  • One Thing Government Does Right

    Today was a long day. We finally had a couple of funerals that were delayed by the Chinese commie crud. One was for my wife’s grandfather who made it to the ripe old age of 95 and the second was for one of his sons, who lived to his early seventies...

    4 days ago

Centinel2012

The BRAD BLOG

  • Sunday 'Whopper, Side of Lies' Toons

    Last: All the best to Matt Bors, who has drawn his final political toon... I will continue to run The Nib in an almost full time capacity, publishing and editing our magazine and daily comics, while making some space in my life for other kinds of...

    4 hours ago

  • Strong Women Rule!: 'BradCast' 4/30/2021

    Brad & Desi are out today. They’re getting their second Moderna vaccine. Hopefully any side effects they get will be long gone by Monday. Anyway, that's why it's me here today, NICOLE SANDLER once again guest hosting The BradCast. After...

    2 days ago

  • With Reaganesque Optimism, Biden's Address Signals End of Reagan Era: 'BradCast' 4/29/2021

    Last month on The BradCast, after Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan with emergency COVID relief and stimulus for the poor and middle class, we suggested that passage of that bill would likely be seen in history as the beginning...

    3 days ago

bluebird of bitterness

BlackListed News

Research Digest

Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • The Curious Connection Between Scottish Oatcakes and Human Sacrifice

    It’s springtime in the Scottish Highlands and a bonfire blazes against the night sky. A group stands before the flames, passing around a hat containing slices of bannock, or griddled oatcake. Each person plucks out a piece, until one unfortunate...

    2 days ago

  • New Gourna Village in Al Qarnah, Egypt

    In the 20th century, Egyptian architect Hasan Fathy became well known for his work rooted in traditional craftsmanship. Instead of following the modernist works of his contemporaries, Fathy wanted to develop a style of architecture rooted...

    2 days ago

  • Eremo di San Venanzio (Hermitage of San Venanzio) in Raiano, Italy

    Just a short trip from the small town of Raiano, in the Abruzzo region of Italy, the narrow and spectacular gorges of the Aterno river carve their way through a valley where rugged mountains rise far above. Nestled on a rocky outcrop lies a medieval...

    2 days ago

Accidental Deliberations

  • Saturday Afternoon Links

    Assorted content for your weekend reading.- A group of doctors and scientists offers an open letter calling for a strategy of maximum COVID-19 suppression. - Matt Gurney writes about the latest report documenting the utter failure of Ontario's...

    a day ago

  • Musical interlude

     Filo & Peri feat. Audrey Gallagher - This Night (Max Graham Remix)

    2 days ago

  • Friday Morning Links

    Assorted content to end your week.- Miquel Oliu-Barton, Bary Pradelski, Philippe Aghion, Patrick Artus, Ilona Kickbusch, Jeffrey Lazarus, Devi Sridhar and Samantha Vanderslott examine how strategies aimed at eradicating COVID-19 -...

    2 days ago
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