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87 weeks ago @ Smart Journalism. Real... - The Real Science Gap · 0 replies · +25 points

The article focuses on academia. The very same factors are at work in industry. I've heard about a shortage of programmers for most of my career, but I've been unemployed about 30% of the time in the past ten years (good degree, good abilities and technologies) -- the jobs just aren't out there, and when I am working my income is barely keeping pace with inflation. The oldest children of my friends are choosing career paths, and I tell them about STEM that "It's nice work if you can get it, but don't count on getting it."

87 weeks ago @ Big Journalism - Dear Helen: From One A... · 0 replies · 0 points

AD = Year of OUR Lord. Don't make me say "Our" when he's not mine.
CD is a circumlocution. I acknowledge that your calendar system has become the standard, without acknowledging that who you worship is G_d.

Great article.

Whether it's by ancient history, unbroken claim, conquest, or current occupation, the State of Israel has the right to the land. 1967 to 2010 is a lot longer than 1948 to 1967, and by 2017 or so 1967 to then will be longer than 1917 to 1967.