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Put Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack in front of a brick wall in a wood-floored record shop, and expect some kidney-rattling, soul-...

At the prompting of an attorney friend, I spent a good part of Saturday afternoon observing the YMCA Mock Trial state championship at the Th...

Now that the postseason is winding down, it's time to focus primarily on general LD questions. The first concerns tactics in the first ...

Did I use xkcd's awesome radiation dose chart in class today, to anchor a discussion of visual literacy, risk assessment, weather patte...

Why is your teacher encouraging, exhorting, or even nagging you to learn roots, to study vocab, and to read with an eye and ear for language...

If V.S. Ramachandran has a new book out, you can bet your sweet occipital lobe I'm going to link to Colin McGinn's review. Why is ...

Me, circa a long time ago.

I started class today by asking, "Why are left-handed people evil?" It's a loaded question, but it has a purpose: to surpris...

As a teacher, I've seen students of nearly every stripe, but I can say with some confidence that I've never had a suspected ax murde...

Apropos of nothing: Jacob Tucker.

The March / April LD resolution asks us to consider the use of PMFs to pursue U.S. military objectives abroad. How does the changing face ...

Today, while the world teeters on the brink on a very nasty cold, I offer you a spot of cheer, the polyester equivalent of chicken soup. W...

The Seattle Times has taken up the cause of legalizing marijuana. First, in its own editorial : Marijuana should be legalized, regulated a...

Via the inimitable Dave Weigel , parliamentary procedure gets exciting in Wisconsin. A few notes: 1. Some Americans are going to consi...

The Private Military Firms resolution presents plenty of framework options for the Aff and Neg. Resolved: The United States is justified ...

Snow day good: breakfast anytime. Snow day bad: the McDonald's parking lot is a skating rink. As much as I love McGriddles, I'm no...

Stephen Colbert does the reductio ad absurdum.

Why might the U.S. be justified in employing Private Military Firms (PMFs) to attain its overseas military objectives? In "Contractors...

Was Super Bowl XLV the most-watched television event in U.S. history? Sure. The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 111 million peo...