Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I was quoted in a couple prominent publications yesterday, repeating my complaints with Oberlin’s protest against the supposed cultural appropriation of bad cafeteria food. Predictably, this resulted in both a lot of praise and a lot of criticism on social media. I don’t take either too deeply to heart. But I am disappointed that, from…
Even the former Florida governor has given up on his brand. —Russ Choma on Wed. December 23, 2015 6:00 AM PDT Isaac Brekken/AP Perfect last-minute Christmas present for the low-energy person in your life who needs an extra exclamation point: Jeb! Not the candidate, just his name—upbeat punctuation mark and all. The word has apparently…
Photo Jeb Bush performed a faux striptease to reveal a “Reagan-Bush ’84” campaign shirt at his headquarters in September. Credit Joe Raedle/Getty Images The hints of irreverence can be traced to a private meeting in Coral Gables, Fla., with the soon-to-be presidential candidate and his rapper acquaintance. Jeb Bush had grown fond of Pitbull, the…
The family of a man shot and killed by police in suburban Atlanta denied on Wednesday that he pointed a gun at an officer. At a press conference, a sobbing Cynthia Daniels said her husband, Bobby Daniels, “would never, ever point a gun at an officer.” (Reuters) Douglas County sheriff’s deputies got the call around…
It’s uncanny! Toronto Mayor Rob Ford at a rally in the city, April 17, 2014, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Dec. 21, 2015Photo illustration by Slate. Rob Ford by Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images. Donald Trump by Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images. Excerpted from The Only Average Guy: Inside the Uncommon…
AP It appears all three women who were tricked into marrying ambulatory man-wig Donald Trump were born without urethras, because America’s next president thinks it’s pretty gross that females have to purge their food waste somehow. Last night, Trump said presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s decision to use a ladies’ restroom at this weekend’s Democratic…
Perhaps you’ve heard the news—a vulgar man used a vulgar word. Who cares? “She was favored to win, and she got schlonged,” Mr. Trump, using a boorish word for a penis, said at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich. “She was favored to win, and she got schlonged,” Trump said, turning a vulgar noun for…
In Kentucky, county employees will no longer be required to suffer the indignity of their names signifying love and equality. This is the legacy of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis. Davis, infamously, railed against the Supreme Court’s order legalizing gay marriage this summer by refusing to issue marriage licenses altogether, categorizing her arguably bigoted views…
(Tom Toles) In 1973 everything changed. The postwar boom went missing. Jobs were suddenly less plentiful. The 1970’s became a decade of inflation and foreign imports flooded in. In 1980 everything changed again. Supply-side economics looked like it might be the answer. Taxes were cut, we started running giant deficits, and capitalism was reinvigorated in…
WASHINGTON — Soaring advertising costs in early primary states are compelling major “super PACs” to realign their tactics, de-emphasizing costly broadcast commercials in favor of the kind of nuts-and-bolts work that presidential candidates used to handle themselves. They are overseeing extensive field operations, data-collection programs, digital advertising, email lists, opposition research and voter registration efforts….