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I am in TN-07 and while Behn wasn't my choice in the primary, I really don't think her ideology made much of a difference. The GOP would have run the exact same playbook against Bo Mitchell. What ultimately mattered was that Behn brought a ton of energy and enthusiasm to a long-shot campaign.
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I am in TN-07 and while Behn wasn't my choice in the primary, I really don't think her ideology made much of a difference. The GOP would have run the exact same playbook against Bo Mitchell. What ultimately mattered was that Behn brought a ton of energy and enthusiasm to a long-shot campaign.
Did it really not occur to any of these FIVE authors, not to mention the editor, to maybe run this list by an actual mathematician before committing to print?
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Did it really not occur to any of these FIVE authors, not to mention the editor, to maybe run this list by an actual mathematician before committing to print?
I remember shopping with my mom in the No Frills aisle of -- was it A&P? Or Pathmark? -- during the late 70s.
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I remember shopping with my mom in the No Frills aisle of -- was it A&P? Or Pathmark? -- during the late 70s.
This is not totally responsive to your thread but for what it's worth, I live in your district and voted this morning at Lentz. It was much closer than I thought and I was in and out in 5 minutes.
September 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is not totally responsive to your thread but for what it's worth, I live in your district and voted this morning at Lentz. It was much closer than I thought and I was in and out in 5 minutes.
I teach at a university and this article made me think that maybe I should ban laptops in my classroom after all.
August 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I teach at a university and this article made me think that maybe I should ban laptops in my classroom after all.
I was going to say, our 1940s Southern house is not large but also not at all beautiful. It is haphazardly designed and shoddily built. I wouldn't say that the big new homes around here are beautiful either, but they are generally nicer and much better laid out than our house.
July 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I was going to say, our 1940s Southern house is not large but also not at all beautiful. It is haphazardly designed and shoddily built. I wouldn't say that the big new homes around here are beautiful either, but they are generally nicer and much better laid out than our house.
Delivered by WHOM.
July 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Delivered by WHOM.
My parents still call it sun-tan cream, which my children find hilarious.
July 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My parents still call it sun-tan cream, which my children find hilarious.
I always think about this too. As a middle-aged mom with lots of mom friends, my anecdata is almost completely in the opposite direction -- wife wants one more baby but husband vetoes because he is DONE.
April 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I always think about this too. As a middle-aged mom with lots of mom friends, my anecdata is almost completely in the opposite direction -- wife wants one more baby but husband vetoes because he is DONE.
I am so sorry, Jane. May your mother's memory be a blessing.
April 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I am so sorry, Jane. May your mother's memory be a blessing.
What book is this from?
March 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
What book is this from?
I was going to say the same thing -- this chart should start WAY earlier.
January 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I was going to say the same thing -- this chart should start WAY earlier.
A Suitable Boy is amazing! One of my all-time favorite books.
January 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A Suitable Boy is amazing! One of my all-time favorite books.
Have you heard the new one by Tower of Power? My family made me turn it off but IMO it has a certain wacky charm.
December 25, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Have you heard the new one by Tower of Power? My family made me turn it off but IMO it has a certain wacky charm.
There is a fantastic book on this subject, Judging Jehovah's Witnesses, by Shawn Peters.
November 29, 2024 at 1:12 AM
There is a fantastic book on this subject, Judging Jehovah's Witnesses, by Shawn Peters.
I do not understand this thing where right wingers are furious when they win. See, also, Alito's majority opinion in Dobbs.
November 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I do not understand this thing where right wingers are furious when they win. See, also, Alito's majority opinion in Dobbs.
I don't disagree with you in theory, but tearing apart the DOE while also making sure the FAFSA gets out on time and all the states get their Title 1 funds would be really hard. It would require tons of extra work by an already-demoralized workforce. Not sure McMahon could pull this off.
November 21, 2024 at 6:33 PM
I don't disagree with you in theory, but tearing apart the DOE while also making sure the FAFSA gets out on time and all the states get their Title 1 funds would be really hard. It would require tons of extra work by an already-demoralized workforce. Not sure McMahon could pull this off.
And last week someone asked our governor (whose top priority is a major expansion of school vouchers) about abolishing the DOE. He was like, awesome! just send us the money. His version of "getting rid of the DOE" definitely does NOT include any reduction in federal education $$$.
November 19, 2024 at 11:14 PM
And last week someone asked our governor (whose top priority is a major expansion of school vouchers) about abolishing the DOE. He was like, awesome! just send us the money. His version of "getting rid of the DOE" definitely does NOT include any reduction in federal education $$$.
Yes. The TN GOP supermajority trumpeted that they were going to reject federal funding and free TN from the Oppressive Woke Federal Bureaucrats. Once they learned how much money was involved and what it pays for, they immediately sent the issue to a "task force for further study."
November 19, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Yes. The TN GOP supermajority trumpeted that they were going to reject federal funding and free TN from the Oppressive Woke Federal Bureaucrats. Once they learned how much money was involved and what it pays for, they immediately sent the issue to a "task force for further study."
This is why I'm doubtful about some of the names being floated for Ed secretary. That is going to be just an impossible job.
November 18, 2024 at 4:53 PM
This is why I'm doubtful about some of the names being floated for Ed secretary. That is going to be just an impossible job.
You are absolutely supposed to ask teachers, not "important" people. Indeed Yale *requires* recommendations from teachers of core subjects and explicitly discourages students from sending supplementary recommendations except in very specific circumstances.
November 12, 2024 at 6:22 PM
You are absolutely supposed to ask teachers, not "important" people. Indeed Yale *requires* recommendations from teachers of core subjects and explicitly discourages students from sending supplementary recommendations except in very specific circumstances.
Last year the GOP supermajority leg in TN loudly floated rejecting federal education money to get out of from under the Oppressive & Woke DOE. Then they realized just how much money it was and promptly booted the issue to a task force.
November 11, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Last year the GOP supermajority leg in TN loudly floated rejecting federal education money to get out of from under the Oppressive & Woke DOE. Then they realized just how much money it was and promptly booted the issue to a task force.