Tag Archives: Opinion

Education Reform

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Phil Bost

Another excellent RSA animated talk. Cue Carly Simon’s Nobody Does It Better, because nobody does. And it makes me feel sad for the rest. via Mark Frauenfelder @ Boing Boing.

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Salmon Felix Stirs the Pot

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Phil Bost

Image via JHM. I’ve posted on Felix before. I just love this guy. He’s provocative in the very best ways. Here, he argues, Individuals are doing it, banks are doing it — faced with the horrific news and pictures from … Continue reading →

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Exception to the Rule

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Phil Bost

On your birthday, you are allowed to set something on fire. Money, barbie dolls, dirt, you name it. The Make-Up – Center of the Earth* *This post was an excuse to post a song for my friend Brian who just … Continue reading →

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Caturday – Cats Lock

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Phil Bost

[Pleated Jeans via the Daily What] Feel like I’m doing my part. [via Señor GIF]

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Top Secret Durham Neighborhood Listserv Map

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Phil Bost

This post is about my top secret project that I’ve been working on for a few weekends.  It was partly inspired by an eight year-old girl who went missing about a block from my house on January 7th.  It was … Continue reading →

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Gore’s Presidency: A Retrospective

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Phil Bost

Let’s keep this presidential train rolling with some juicy fan fiction.  Five writers for New York Magazine take turns wrapping 2-year ribbons around the maypole, imagining what it would’ve been like if Gore had won in 2000 and 2004. Two … Continue reading →

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The History of American Political Opinion

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Phil Bost

Seems like a good time to post this. From the video’s creator: Using county-level data, I spatially and temporally interpolated presidential vote returns for the two major party candidates in each election from 1920-2008. The result illuminates the sometimes gradual, … Continue reading →

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Jim Fallows on Throwing Like a Girl

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Phil Bost

[image via Andrew Side A] Two things: 1. Natural movements aren’t always innate. 2. We need to stop with the ‘throwing like a girl’ talk. Jim Fallows: A surprising number of people think that there is a structural difference between … Continue reading →

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Douglas Coupland’s Predictions for the Coming Decade

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Phil Bost

I read this a couple of months ago, but only now, in these early days of the new decade*, does it feel right to stamp out the ubiquitous optimism with some good doubt. Douglas Coupland, a Canadian curmudgeon, lists 45 predictions for the … Continue reading →

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The Comedians of Comedy at the Cracker Barrel

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Phil Bost

[via Fuck Yeah Standup Comedy] Also, thanks to Levon for this completely unrelated video:

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