A Happy New Year Open Thread

by wj Also Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, dōng zhì kuài lè (Happy Dongzhi Festival), Merry Pancha Ganapati, etc. We’re over due for a new Open Thread. And I expect most of us will have better things to do for the next week or two than come up with something substantive to tie one to. So … Read more

A sportswashing thread

by liberal japonicus For me, it’s with a sigh of relief that not only Japan and the US, but the UK and Korea as well have been eliminated from the World Cup. It’s not that I was rooting against them, it is just that this whole World Cup seems like a totally tawdry affair that … Read more

Rainy Day Open Thread

by JanieM Gloom, rain, and wind here in central Maine. Family stuff keeping me busy, so feel free to bring up any topic that has caught your fancy on this December Saturday. Open thread.