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Democracy And The Inevitable Erosion Of Standards: Racist Tests Edition

Democracies are born from elite (hierarchical) societies and for a time can and do retain much of their elitism, but since democracy is premised on egalitarianism ("We hold these truths..."),…

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Daily Liks & Comments

@1 Free concert tomorrow, Sunday, 27 October. 1:30 pm. Salve Regina: Music for the Heavenly Queen. St. Catherine of Sienna. 68th street between First and York. Gregorian Chant, Ave Maris…

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Predictions 2014—Register Yours Today!

What will happen in the world in 2014? You have until 10 January to tell us in the comments below. Let's hope we're more accurate than we were last year,…

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Scrap Statistics, Begin Anew

You or I might perhaps be excused if we sometimes toyed with solipsism, especially when we reflect on the utter failure of our writings to produce the smallest effect in…

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Tweet Hate Map: Awful, Really Awful Use Of Statistics

I give you "Dr" Monica Stephens from Humbolt State University and her widely dispersed Twitter "Hate Map." The thumbnail here doesn't give the picture the full injustice it deserves, so…

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More Proof Music Is Growing Worse

New proof (which wasn't really need) that popular music is, as has long been claimed, been growing worse has arrived thanks to the diligent work of Joan Serrà and his…

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On The Murder And Death Of Classical Music

It is difficult to discover one word which adequately and non-misleadingly describes what is today called "music" and what used to go by that name a century or more ago.…

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Science Proves Farting On Airplanes, Exposing Buttocks To Sun Healthy

According to the latest in medical science, I sat next or near to an exceptionally healthy individual on my last flight. My keen olfactory senses alerted me that a fellow…

Phileas_Frogg on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 26, 2024
Brothers in exile we are, Mr. Briggs. I believe my banishment, going on a year ago, was in response to…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
The comedy is there, as you say, Sarge; and yet, if everyone followed their example, and endured, the slaughter would…
Incitadus on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
The irony is deep the luminaries that insist on open borders for every third world hell hole the patriarchy has…
Phileas_Frogg on Student Protests To End After Finals: TWIDApril 26, 2024
Riot, assault and kill American citizens, commit widespread arson, make whole city blocks into warzones, take over police precincts and…
Jan Van Betsuni on Look Here, @elonmusk, What Mendacious Hack Or Incompetent Flack Murdered This Tweet?April 26, 2024
The American wit Dorothy Parker once quipped: "If you laid all the girls at Vassar end to end, I wouldn't…