Utopian Incrementalist
@meliorist.bsky.social
Liberal, pragmatist, humanist, democrat, reformist, meliorist, American, cosmopolite. "To be ignorant of the past is to remain forever a child." -- Cicero
I will watch anything with Richard Widmark. But I do like him better when he plays anti-heroic roles. Two of his best:
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I will watch anything with Richard Widmark. But I do like him better when he plays anti-heroic roles. Two of his best:
As evidence of this, voters are just no longer willing to vote for split tickets at the national level. This is a structural change in U.S. politics, not a question of which candidates the parties nominate. You cannot change the voters' preference for straight tickets simply by running moderates.
November 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
As evidence of this, voters are just no longer willing to vote for split tickets at the national level. This is a structural change in U.S. politics, not a question of which candidates the parties nominate. You cannot change the voters' preference for straight tickets simply by running moderates.
I don't think this is as strange as you think. A quick search suggests that other circuit courts also allow a sua sponte rehearing en banc. The fifth circuit's internal rules expressly allow for such:
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/default...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/default...
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I don't think this is as strange as you think. A quick search suggests that other circuit courts also allow a sua sponte rehearing en banc. The fifth circuit's internal rules expressly allow for such:
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/default...
www.ca5.uscourts.gov/docs/default...
Here is the quote in context. It's quite clear what she was saying: the GOP needed to reject Trumpism and all he stood for and return to a more reasonable party. It obviously had nothing to do with empowering nazis.
www.npr.org/2024/08/07/n...
www.npr.org/2024/08/07/n...
October 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here is the quote in context. It's quite clear what she was saying: the GOP needed to reject Trumpism and all he stood for and return to a more reasonable party. It obviously had nothing to do with empowering nazis.
www.npr.org/2024/08/07/n...
www.npr.org/2024/08/07/n...
I just came across this chart, and I have to say that I find the data troubling not surprising. These personality changes are consistent with what I have observed in students over the past 15 years of teaching. That is also why I was not dismissive of Haidt's arguments in "The Anxious Generation."
October 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I just came across this chart, and I have to say that I find the data troubling not surprising. These personality changes are consistent with what I have observed in students over the past 15 years of teaching. That is also why I was not dismissive of Haidt's arguments in "The Anxious Generation."
Going to see this show tomorrow. Pretty excited.
September 22, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Going to see this show tomorrow. Pretty excited.
Franklin, for one, seemed fatalistically convinced that the government would in the long run degenerate into some kind of despotism:
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
August 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Franklin, for one, seemed fatalistically convinced that the government would in the long run degenerate into some kind of despotism:
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
Our politics are only going to get worse.
June 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Our politics are only going to get worse.
There isn't a lot of info, but the available evidence does suggest that time spent watching TV reduced time spent reading:
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There isn't a lot of info, but the available evidence does suggest that time spent watching TV reduced time spent reading:
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
www.newyorker.com/culture/cult...
Sure, this sounds like someone who couldn't find other outlets for peaceful protest:
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
June 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Sure, this sounds like someone who couldn't find other outlets for peaceful protest:
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
June 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Um, before everyone celebrates, this is one of the partners leaving the firm:
May 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Um, before everyone celebrates, this is one of the partners leaving the firm:
She deleted the original post and replaced it with this one, which is a little more nuanced. I still think it's bad advice.
April 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
She deleted the original post and replaced it with this one, which is a little more nuanced. I still think it's bad advice.
If it seems like too many American voters think like children, it's probably because they do.
March 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
If it seems like too many American voters think like children, it's probably because they do.
Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust:
March 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust:
