June, 2018 archive
The Bull Curve 0
David and Eric Turkheimer of the University of Virginia, discuss the history and usage of IQ tests and what elements may account for variances among economic, racial, and ethnic groups. The professor states emphatically that differences among racial groups in testing are not innate, but are the result of history, class, and societal influences. The conversation digs deeply into the topic and is well worth a listen.
Unilaterally Assured Destruction 0
Josh Marshall muses on Donald Trump’s views of a “deal.” A snippet; follow the link for the full article:
Trump doesn’t know he’s won until you lose. Indeed, that’s what winning is: making you lose.
Image via Job’s Anger.
The Pusher Men 0
At The Roanoke Times, Nancy Liebrecht points out the pharmaceutical companies who pushed opioid sales had allies. Here’s a bit from her column:
Facebook Frolics 0
In The Roanoke Times, Betsy Biesenbach muses on what gives the Zuckerborg such a hold on person. A snippet:
LanternAsia v. 2, Part Three 0
“His Inner Ignoramus” 0
Dick Polman. Just read it.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpling 0
This is your country on Trump.
Afterthought:
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
Nothing that ever happened in a homosexual bedroom ever affected a marriage of mine.
I cannot say the same about heterosexual bedrooms.
[TONGUE-IN-CHEEK MODE]
Heterosexuality threatens the sanctity of marriage!
Don’t bake cakes for heterosexuals. If you do, you promote adultery!
[/TONGUE-IN-CHEEK MODE]
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
The sheriff’s office says the girl’s brother accidentally fired the single shot that hit her in the left arm. One adult was home at the time of the shooting, the sheriff’s office says.
No mention is made of the age of the brother, but the wording at the link above and in Pratt County’s local rag gives the impression that he not very old.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout (in the voice of Archie Goodwin):
. . . the doorbell rang, and I went to the front door and opened up, and found confronting me a vacuum cleaner salesman. Or anyhow he should have been. He had that bright, friendly, uninhibited look.
Stout, Rex, The Silent Speaker (New York: Bantam, 1958), p. 19
LanternAsia v. 2, Part Two 4
Some more pictures from LanternAsia. See the rest of the posts in this series Part One. Part Three. Part Four. Part Five. Part Six.
Sea Life–click for a larger image.
“A Nation of Immigrants” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Arash Emamzadeh explores why citizens of a country which has proudly billed itself “a nation of immigrants” and who are themselves descendants of immigrants* have chosen to hate immigrants.
Give it a read.
________________
*I exempt Native Americans from this statement. They aren’t doing the hating.