I haven't had as much time for surfing lately, for obvious reasons, but I did come across a few good ones this past weekend.
- Has He Started Talking to the Walls? [T$]
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Frank Rich's column from Sunday's NY Times. Absolutely devastating, I thought, and spot-on. This, of course, is nothing new from my boy Frankie.
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Frank Rich's column from Sunday's NY Times. Absolutely devastating, I thought, and spot-on. This, of course, is nothing new from my boy Frankie.
- The N-Word: Unmentionable lessons of the midterm aftermath
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No, this isn't about some washed-up comedian's flameout. This is Diane McWhorter on the other N-word.
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No, this isn't about some washed-up comedian's flameout. This is Diane McWhorter on the other N-word.
- Questions and Answers for New Pilot Naturalization Exam
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La Migra has decided to update the test for those seeking to become American citizens, thinking that the current version features too much rote memorization. According to the rules: "To pass, applicants will have to correctly answer six of 10 selected questions." There are 144 questions, and I think that there might have been five that I couldn't get. I shudder to think how badly the average American might do on this test. Of course, now that the questions and answers are posted, we're back to rote memorization.
Nonetheless, it's a fun test to take. Use the scroll bar -- the answers appear right below the the corresponding questions.
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La Migra has decided to update the test for those seeking to become American citizens, thinking that the current version features too much rote memorization. According to the rules: "To pass, applicants will have to correctly answer six of 10 selected questions." There are 144 questions, and I think that there might have been five that I couldn't get. I shudder to think how badly the average American might do on this test. Of course, now that the questions and answers are posted, we're back to rote memorization.
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BTW, the link that McWhorter should have supplied for reference for Godwin's Law, rather than the lame Washington Post article, is this one.
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