So does anybody know who exactly put these signs up at GW? It shouldn't be hard to find that out. You can let your imagination run wild and speculate but there should be some what to find exactly who put up that sign in the middle.

I support students’ freedom of speech and right to peaceful assembly; I reject police violence, excessive use of force, and attempts to trample on the First Amendment; censorship and suppression of free expression are inconsistent with American values and what makes our country…

Interesting piece on how and why campus protests at Rice and U of Houston didn't spiral into the chaotic scenes elsewhere (inc. UT-Austin). Seems like both sides found a way to let them proceed without being very disruptive.

It’s pretty amazing just how much this website creates completely different realities about supposedly similar events. When you have some offline knowledge of what is actually going on, this site is even more useless.

[Bloomberg Opinion] We’re getting to the point where the impact of higher interest rates on housing is going to be longer-term inflationary because of the negative impact it’s having on construction/new supply: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Bottom line: The US economy is slowing, but it's still very solid. This isn't a recession. It's just more normal growth after a surge in the 2nd half of 2023.

-Consumers are back to spending big on services and being choosy on goods
-Federal gov't spending is moderating after…

Message boards produce the darnedest things…

reddit.com/r/AmIOverreact…

This is well-done re: the huge mixture of emotions.

This will always be one of my favorite maps of Pennsylvania. The 'Peaceable Kingdom Lost' is clear here after 1718, as is the French & Indian War of 1754-63. Pennsylvania was, in many ways, THE entrance point to the American West from the 1730s onward. phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Docum…

People jonesing for Chicago DNC to resemble 1968 gonna be disappointed at this. Back then, 500,000 young Americans were in Vietnam at the time of the DNC. Twitter is not real life.