The alternative is endlessly upward-spiraling rates of taxation

I think I just got free-marketer spam.

PSA to Boston people

A very interesting researcher is speaking at MIT this Friday from 12 to 1:30 in room 46-3310. Read about the language he's spent years working to understand. Read about the associated controversy. If you are not a linguist of any stripe, go secure in the knowledge that when the academics are being assholes to him, you probably won't catch it. If you are a linguist, maybe you should go wearing protective gear? ;)