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Midweek Mental Health Break: Todo es Cuautitlán

Many more photos here.

Louis Menand on the Value of College

Louis Menand has been a favorite of mine since he wrote The Metaphysical Club. He has a top-notch article this week in The New Yorker. It’s on the value of college: A lot of confusion is caused by the fact that since 1945 American higher education has been committed to both theories. The system is designed … Continue reading »

On “Great Places” as a New Animating Progressive Idea

Mike Konczal at Rortybomb tipped me off to an interesting series of posts from David Roberts at Grist (There are four posts in total: One. Two. Three. Four.). Roberts is outlining a new organizing vision to “unite the left’s fractious coalition.” Goes something like this: The bumper sticker version is: great places. Making the places … Continue reading »

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