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Maybe a good topic for an undergraduate paper.
North Carolina Lieutenant Gov. Dan Forest told Texas lawmakers this month that the economic effect of the boycott in his state was “less than one-tenth of 1 percent” of the state’s annual gross domestic product.
Philip Greenspun asks a good question.
I asked “The Bay Area isn’t sufficiently wealthy and productive to pay for its own trains? Why does a Walmart employee in Alabama have to pay for a Google or Apple executive’s train?”
Franklin's BBQ used to available, if I recall correctly on Foody Direct, but they don't seem to be there now. (But you can get Snow's and Black's which I suspect will be pretty good.)
I don't know about visiting but the pictures are pretty.
Transfers are making it more difficult for mid- and low-major programs to build strong teams capable of making Cinderella runs in March.
This strikes me as quite sad.
"Quirky" is, for my money, too kind.
Related: "The worst baby names in the entire world".
The most expensive one on this list supposedly cost $15 billion.
360-degree views of Manhattan from the 56th floor of a building near the Empire State Building would be very cool and I imagine difficult to get tired of.
But the $20 million is a problem.
Nicely argued. Key bit:
When it comes to Jews, anti-Semitism generates the absurd. If you think capitalism is evil, you can focus on the “international banking conspiracy” led by the Rothschilds. If collectivism offends you, there is always Karl Marx to be the focus of your wrath, not to mention the Soviet revolution led by such “Jews” as Lenin and Stalin.
The Arab/Israeli dispute is not about land, settlements, green lines, or roadmaps. It is about Jews.