Ultima Ratio

Sorry, but the end of the decade will be next year. There was no year zero. Carry on.

If/when Astudillo is sent down, surely a therapy goat can be brought aboard as part of the corresponding move to roam the dugout, quell the unrest.

Free fall? Yep. Definitely feels like 9.8m/s2 of accelerating sadness. Can't watch and if you open your eyes, you may have a heart attack before impact.

Looks a little over ripe, if you ask me.

Joe's future will be brighter tomorrow.

Doumit in RF was an example of getting a "bat" in the lineup vis-a-vis position flexibility. I'm choking as I say that. OTOH, I agree that given these bad experiments of the past, it would be nice to have players with real flexibility and defensive talent in the future.

Matt!

Wast that ball to Kepler uncatchable or would a better route/setup have made it doable?

Exposure? Hoping to get rid of him before the circus is back in town, er... on the mound?

I have no tears for this team.

Absolutely nailed it. Good form!

Just "spect"

I really appreciate this post. Some good things to consider -- some now and some at a later date. I'll have to table the civil religion discussion for now (bed and I don't normally have this much time to write on TD, so may be a awhile, sorry). My minor in undergrad was religion as we studied this a bit, but not much that a cursory discussion -- so I look forward to it. I totally endorse the sentiments of your first paragraph. I believe in a liberal arts eduction as in the kind of education necessary for free men, which is the genesis of the term. Liberal, here meaning "free." The kind of indoctrination I'm talking about is not an explicit, "hey, let's get the bourgeoisie!" It's the bias that leaks into one's teaching, one's reporting, one's sermon, one's guidance. It's what is emphasized and what is not (or left out completely). Of course you do get explicit indoctrination at time ins k-12 (Walk for our lives walkout), teaching all sorts of culture issues (how many genders are there? Well, depends on which classroom you are in, biology or sociology). In college, indoctrination is clearly a problem and more pervasive. But I'm talking about bias that may not even by a conscious determination. Obviously the subject at hand may make the bias more easily leech out (humanities) or not ("hard" sciences). I agree that the leftist economic message may not be being "pushed" so much, but definitely the culture issues. Whether one choose to refer to fetus as a fetus, baby or clump of cells tells us a lot. But again, these are explicit things one says. I'm talking about curricula, book selection, and so on. Does the teacher use gender neutral terms? Are bathrooms gender specific? How and when is sex ed taught? Is absence taught? And so on. The general theory is that we all have a perspective and our subjective bias will always influence our work and how we work. And in education, with 80% being liberal, there must be implicit bias at times, apart from the hopefully rare explicit indoctrination (unless that's actually a great thing now, i'm confused). I like to think I'm objective in the courses I teach. In fact, those of us that are in the minority in my line or work actually self-censor and are highly aware of not wanting to "out" ourselves to our peers and our students. I just try to play it as straight as I can and I assume most teachers do the same. But the literature and theory tell us that biases have a great down stream effect. I do see the messaging of "the 1%" "greedy" "no one needs a gun" "spread the wealth around" seeing widespread use in schools. I'm rambling and tired so I'm just going to end it there.

Stay focused. This is a deflection. You're better than that. I gave you the facts, with detail. They demonstrate my claims. Instead of some humility you deflect and say, "Well, you're right, but....we're better for it! That's quite an about-face. "American political Liberal" today is not a "classical liberal" -- I'm quite sure you know this but you equivocate anyway. To Review: TheLeviathan The Republicans have been brainwashing at elite levels for a long, long time now. Though, their success is in part due to the kind of people they attract.Old, disgruntled, poorly educated white folks seem really keen on conspiracies. And now: Brainwashing is great when liberals are doing it. <<<bangs head>>>

Sorry, it's like asking for a link that the earth is round. There is so much out there that it seems intentionally bothersome. But, if this is the first time you are aware, here is a link that studied many professions and their compositions of liberal and conservative. All this corroborates my feelings. Every single category listed. You can click on each category to reveal subcategories. I'll highlight those categories I listed in my initial post. http://verdantlabs.com/politics_of_professions/index.html Teaching: 79% liberal Media Production: 83% Liberal Film and Stage pod: 93% Liberal Editorial: 92% Liberal Journalist: 82% Liberal (subcategory of writing) Religion: 64% Liberal Academia: 90% Liberal