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It all comes back to biofuels.

By Tundrayeti
As long as the world is getting 3% (and growing) of its liquid transportation fuels from agriculture (which requires ~20% (and growing) of the world's ... Read More

What interested

By Gatewood
the wife and I about the fall of Soviet communism and the fall of the Berlin wall and what not was the indifference of citizens of the United States. We ... Read More

Ambivalence

By ribalding
Bachmann is a few cans shy of a six pack, and much of the "tea bag" frenzy -- including the reflexive and wholly unjustifiable claims about Obama's socialist ... Read More

We have to indulge the fringe..

By Bentoniani
..if we want anyone to show up to our protests. Our party has a severe disadvantage to the Dems in arranging protests among our mainstream constituency--the ... Read More

The Labor of Beauty and Our Exile from Love

By Tony Barnstone
Hi Robert, As always, this is a wonderful discussion. Here's my take on the poem: In “Adam’s Curse,” the first question one must ask is, “why the title?” ... Read More

Gun control and social control....

By fozzy
Another big reason there is less crime on military bases --- there is very stringent gun control, not to mention all other sorts of controls. The military ... Read More

Some of these things are not like the others ...

By jim in providence
Jeter, Pettitte, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, Johnny Damon, and Hideki Matsui. Going by the bus test, Jeter and Posada are future HOFers, with Jeter being ... Read More

"Adam's Curse," Yeats, Poetry and Self Knowledge"

By Artemesia
I read a subtext in “Adam’s Curse,” in which the ‘love triangle’ is a metaphor for Yeats, our incomparable bard, writing a poem about poetry itself. The ... Read More

I have been that genius guy ...

By Malarkey
... and I have to say, it takes a lot more intelligence to know when to pick your battles than it does to just unload every time. I suppose I don't know ... Read More

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Shockingly Bad Advice

By MacAdvisor
Prudy's advice to In Love with a Super Computer was shockingly bad. First, she didn't help the writer with the problem. She gave unsolicited advice to ... Read More

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comment on the XX Factor

By Moirared
... particularly the discussion on intellectualls, featuring in the current Fraywatch column. <link> Moira Redmond Fray Slat ... Read More

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the last letter is a perfect example of the Peter principle

By Kal_Aline
wow, an office manager who doesn't know how to deligate, and which nobody has any respect for. KA good hiring decision, HR department. ... Read More

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The trials of the office manager.

By NewAlgier
The best way to attack this common problem is through the boss for whom you are Executive Assistant, I think. (Perhaps the he/she is the president of the ... Read More

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I disagree on the genious boy advice,

By chance20_m
I'll agree with Prudence up to a point, it is certainly possible that the boyfriend who wins all the arguments is an arogant bully, and I'll grant that ... Read More

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Nice shout out to Dr. Manahatan

By chfbtnka
Is Prudie revealing her inner geek? I expect a comparison to Caprica Six next week. ... Read More

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Smothering BF - why not mutual?

By Wundt
I think Prudence has forgotten what it is like to be in that first relationship. While it is true that the BF may be too clingly... my question is, why ... Read More

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Fray Bash - A Pilgrim's Progress

By Keifus
There's nothing like a song around the nighttime campfire to attune a person to the sense of earthly friendships and even higher powers. Everyone held ... Read More

Are Intellectuals Mean?

By Malone
Rachael, I found your most recent post quite interesting. It is, I think, a good-faith effort to address an issue that has long bedevilled our politics. ... Read More

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How To Kill Your Baby

By august
1. You will kill your baby. You will leave her in a crib, or you will sleep in the same bed with her, where she will fall victim to SIDS. You wil install ... Read More

Royko rolls over and smiles

By Schmutzie
When Rupert Murdoch bought the Chicago Sun-Times in 1984, Mike Royko, my hero, switched teams. He hated Murdoch, and said that "No self respecting fish ... Read More

The arrogance of ignorance

By Knute
Sorry, it's not the informed that are condescending to the uninformed. More often it is the uninformed who cling stubbornly to their mis- or lack of information, ... Read More

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Thoughts on Intellectuals and Anti-Intellectuals

By Adrasteia
And yet Rachel, I do not see a campaign ad from the left accusing conservatives of being "rednecks" or "uneducated." I do see ads from the right accusing ... Read More

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Why I like the fray

By Cyrus
I once heard a comedian talking about why he loves New York. He said one of the things he likes abot NY is riding the subway. He likes this because every ... Read More

This has to be a record.

By cgScirocco_
The "record" being, the shelf life of the latest hail mary, "save me I'm drowning stunt" by the McFailin' campaign. Last night, the nation was introduced ... Read More