Link Salad, New Refrigerator Edition

I'm getting a new refrigerator tomorrow, which means I need to empty my old one out. So, I'll practice by emptying out a few links.

A) From jaylake, the Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Political Parties.

B) I've written about my Law of the Totem Poles. (tl;dr version = the person just one step up from the bottom is the most invested in the existing order.) Well, here's another example: Why My Single-Mother Sister Hates Food Stamps.

C) My old high school, Westville, is in talks to consolidate with our old arch-rival Georgetown. Simply put, small rural high schools don't have the funding to offer a competitive education any more.

D) Just for fun - an interview of Larry Bond talking about Tom Clancy.