* Features, not bugs: America Is Raising A Generation Of Kids Who Can’t Think Or Write Clearly.
* Former NFL Tight End Wins Concussion Grievance Case Against Cincinnati Bengals.
* Onondaga Public Library in Syracuse, New York, has an enormous collection of roughly 1,100 vintage books in science fiction, mystery and “other genres.” But apparently, there isn’t enough interest to keep them in circulation. So they’re asking people to propose what should be done with them.
* None of this means that the GOP couldn’t win Florida in 2016. But there should be serious doubts about whether there’s room for another round of big, additional gains among Florida whites. And once those doubts are raised, the GOP route to victory in Florida looks tough. They’d need a lot to break right in order to squeak out a victory in 2016, let alone afterward. There’s the scary possibility that Florida goes the way of Nevada: the next Democrat would win Florida by 9 points if they merely did as well as Kerry among Florida’s white voters.
* Remaking the University v. Napolitano: Meritocracies define “being qualified” for the biggest job in a field as requiring prior experience in other jobs in the field.
* A Synopsis of Tim Burton’s Batman Based Only on the Prince Soundtrack.
* Just for the Comedy Bing Bong fans: When Reddit asked Scott Aukerman anything.
* xkcd’s “Time” has now been running for over one hundred days, and is now more than 2500 panels long.
* And Gawker presents some hard-hitting reporting on The Pizza Belt. I’m a native. This is all 100% accurate.
