Fifty Years Ago Today

by Doctor Science I was twelve. It was the day we arrived back to our house in Illinois after a year in Dijon, France, where my father had an exchange professorship. We rode down the familiar streets, but it was almost like a dream or a Twilight Zone episode, because there was almost zero traffic. … Read more

A Revised Version

by Ugh Four score and seven years ago our [white] fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all [white] men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, … Read more

Women’s World Cup (yetanotheropenthread)

by Ugh So I've said before the nation rooting order for anyone watching the (male) World Cup should be: Your home country Any nation from Africa Any nation outside of South America & Europe Brazil….121,212,312. Germany (no offense Hartmut!) This gets more complicated for the Women's World Cup as the primary reason for rule 3 … Read more