Joe Ro

I have been called "slightly reassuring". "Uncommonly Bad!" @gelbach (But we are still cool) "You’re a model of politeness."@saletan "Joe is A-OK." @itaisher

[Joe Ro @joero3]

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@SoulCultivated He, of course, is important there. But his influence on politics, even if not his intention, was huge. And I would argue still persists. Also, despite usually religious based hatred of him, he influences the way we think about many things. He created a cultural lens.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

This is really a quite interesting question.

[CultivatedSoul @SoulCultivated]

Which book changed the modern world more?

Darwin’s On the Origin of Species

or

Marx’s The Communist Manifesto

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@SoulCultivated I think Darwin. His influence in science and politics continues. But before 1989 I probably would have said Marx.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@SoulCultivated Well, the way you phrased the issue was not about good or bad but what had the most influence.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@Gibboanxious @GAltringham No, it is much better.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@tylersyck @fiago7 That is a good summary. Also, compared to when I was young, the food scene is excellent.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@RedRaiderLex I used to like Texas Tech. Not as a favorite… but unless they were playing one of my 2 favorite teams I rooted for TT. Not anymore.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@hollerkid1987 @katinadoc There are a great number. But there are also wonderful academic writers.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@RadioFreeTom North Koreans on Trump loyalists, “We may be lickspittle sycophantic servile toadies… but they are pathetic!”

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@TrueGatorLegend @texaggie9325 @bmarcello I am no lawyer but that sounds right to me.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@JoshPhillipsPhD @Andtom_az Yes brutal violence existed. But in sheer numbers the world of modern technology can kill magnitudes. Furthermore, there are events like the Holocaust that killed with factory like efficiency and Himmler strove to remove brutality from that process.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@JoshPhillipsPhD I don’t like Hitchens but I think the statement is certainly defensible.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

This is the correct response to the soccer vs football argument.

[Kevin Francis Aurslanian Sullivan Bresnahan @ktbresnahan]

@juliamacfarlane This is without a doubt the world's lamest dispute. People in different countries use different words sometimes. I know, it's wild, but there it is.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@juliamacfarlane I am curious what is the “Soccer Saturday” show about?

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@romlib_ You hate all philosophies?

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@RasmusJarlov The English used to call it soccer. And I believe in that country up until the 1980s the used football and soccer in about equal terms. Just call Americans traditionalists.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@StockDracula @Claudia_Sahm 0 inflation might fall into deflation. And deflation is scary.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@Romans724120566 @DarRamesnis That was what I thought the point was.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@carleolson If you are suggesting students submit a 20 page essay on a research topic to college admissions, it is both a great idea and impractical.

[Joe Ro @joero3]

@Bigmamacookin @LorcanKelly14 @fearthe_void But that is true. There is, for a certain generation of Southerners that belief. By the way, he is probably paraphrasing Faulkner and The Intruder in the Dust about Pickett’s charge. And think how complicated that is.