Juicy

by JanieM Not that these are hard to find, but maybe it’s helpful to have them together in a convenient place: UNITED STATES’ RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT AND ADDITIONAL RELIEF Amicus brief filed by some (former?) prosecutors and former NJ gov Christine Whitman (why her? I don’t know). There are lots of delicious … Read more

I don’t think this is going to go well…

by russell From the Guardian, a prediction about large scale human migration induced by climate change. Basically, some parts of the world are going to be less habitable, or even not inhabitable at all.  Lots of people live in those places now.  They are going to leave the less habitable places they are now, and … Read more

Intersectionality bites

by liberal japonicus

Hi all, this is a bit after the fact, but I’ve been marvelling about a few things that seem to require an examination through intersectionality. My take on intersectionality is that it is based on the fact that gender and race and other identities can often interact in ways that might be unexpected and for myself, I find that bell hooks is the person I have read and appreciated about this subject. Of course, people who really like intersectionality think that everything requires an examination through intersectionality, but some things require it more than others. Anyway, below the fold, three bites at the apple.

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Follow the Money

by wj We’re overdue for a new Open Thread, so this is it. To lead us off, we have this fascinating article in the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/19/gop-senate-rescue-midterms/ The teaser at the top: A cash crunch at campaigns and the National Republican Senatorial Committee set off a panic as Republican candidates emerged from bruising primaries playing … Read more

Open Thread

by JanieM As I think about the fact that there are too many topics to choose from, and I don’t have time to put together something usefully focused on a single one of them, a phrase comes to mind. But it needs some background. When I was an undergraduate at MIT, the head of the … Read more

Kansas, Bloody Kansas **

by wj For this week’s Open Thread, let’s lead off with some election returns. Perhaps the most significant, to my mind, was the attempt to amend the Kansas Constitution. Currently, the right to an abortion is enshrined in the Kansas constitution. This was an attempt to remove that (so that the legislature could make it … Read more