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Amtrak should build a good train [Matthew Yglesias, Slow Boring]

By Spencer Chen

In [Slow Boring]

December 8, 2022

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Amtrak should focus on building a true high-speed rail infrastructure along the Northeast Corridor, connecting Washington, D.C. to New York and Boston via Baltimore, Philadelphia, New Haven, and Providence.
The Northeast Corridor has the potential to be one of the world’s great high-speed train markets due to its large cities and relatively short distances between them.
Building a strong Northeast Corridor route would not only benefit passengers, but also help relieve airport congestion in the region.
Amtrak should consider extending the Northeast Corridor to Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, and Atlanta, as well as to Toronto and other cities in the Midwest.

Click HERE for original. Published December 8, 2022

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Who Cares Where the Holidays Come From, If the God They Celebrate is Dead? [Freddie deBoer]

By Spencer Chen

In Freddie deBoer

December 5, 2022

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Atheists have shifted from being disrespectful towards believers to being overly respectful, engaging in a ritual of debunking the idea that Christmas is a reappropriation of pagan or Roman holidays.
This disdain for arguments about the pagan roots of Christian religious practice is a prototypical example of the current turn in atheism.
This shift has caused atheists to neglect the essential tasks of atheism, such as arguing for the non-existence of a supernatural deity and attempting to limit the destructive power of religion.
This shift has been caused by the New Atheists becoming politically right-coded, and atheists now scrambling to disavow them.
Ultimately, this is a classic example of an essential question: which is worse, insult or condescension?

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A Farewell To A Friend [Ken White, The Popehat Report]

By Spencer Chen

In Ken White [The Popehat Report]

September 19, 2022

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Ken White wrote a farewell to his long-time co-blogger and friend, Patrick, who passed away
The two first met online through a gaming forum in 2001 and wrote on Popehat together for more than a decade
Patrick was passionate about fairness and decency and the obligations of the powerful to the powerless
Patrick helped reason White through crisis in 2014 and White talked Patrick through low points thereafter
White never met Patrick face to face, but they forged a close friendship and Patrick’s death is a shock
White hopes that such a friendship is possible, and that it shows anything is possible

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Who Judges The Judges? [Ken White, The Popehat Report]

By Spencer Chen

In Ken White [The Popehat Report]

August 12, 2022

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Ken White reflects on a difficult experience from his past, when as a young lawyer he and his colleagues had to confront a judge they respected who was suffering from alcoholism.
The judge’s colleagues, some of whom were close friends, refused to take action, leaving it to the young staff members to take a difficult stand.
The judge eventually took leave and never returned, but Ken White still wonders if he did the right thing and if he should have done it a different way.

Click HERE for original. Published August 12, 2022

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