Once, I was in Napoli searching for ancient thirsts. I got a hot tip from a fellow who specialized in finding ancestral silks. I went into a basement down an alleyway and saw these #dandies waiting for me.
The room smelled the miasma of sex and disease. I barely escaped.
The Kansas City Fed serves either the largest or second largest area of the United States. There are only 12 Federal Reserve banks, one for each of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts.
I don’t know much about Cain, but he’s probably one of the more qualified of Trump’s various picks.
Far more than “a bit”, but as an American Republican (until recently, at least), this is largely my impression, though after Trump’s election, both groups are equally guilty.
Another important question is, “are we past the point of no return?” By “we”, I don't just mean politicians but our institutions and the American public. I’m about 85% sure we are, and I’m guessing Rambo is at 99.9%. If we aren’t past it, a return to civility in our discourse is a necessary...
FWIW, I’m sure they are out there, but I’ve yet to encounter a tenure track professor who doesn’t think adjuncts need better treatment (nor an administrator willing to grant it). The adjunct system is one of many things that are horrendously fucked up about academia.
And while I couldn’t talk...
Lettered so I can keep track.
a) I agree that civility is decoupled from action. That’s sort of a necessary assumption for my point. You can be civil and make the world a better place, you can be civil and make it worse, you can be uncivil and make it better, and you can be uncivil and make it...
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/31/708039892/in-an-increasingly-polarized-america-is-it-possible-to-be-civil-on-social-media
In general I find the erosion of civility more alarming than anything else in this country (even gross inequality). A person interviewed in the article espouses what I expect...