September, 2019 archive
Infiltrated 0
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“A Long Time Ago, in a Galaxy Far, Far Away . . . .” 0
Will Bunch conjures an alternative universe.
“Me Me Me Me Me Me” 0
Writing at the Las Vegas Sun, Volker Franke marvels at our loss of compassion. A snippet:
Aside:
A quibble.
In the last half-century, “Compassionate conservatism” has been nothing but a slogan. There is no there there.
It’s Early Days Yet 0
Gordon Weil reminds us to consider campaign promises in the light of political reality and not to take too seriously the “who’s ahead this week” horse race coverage of politics encouraged by polls, pundits, and speculators, especially this far out.
Descent 0
Jim Wright is less than optimistic.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your neighbors.
A piece of the tile struck the victim, who witnesses identified as a young boy. He was hospitalized but has since been released.
A Bribal Society 0
Thom argues that “Varsity Blues” is just the tip of America’s bribery culture.
Twits on Twitter 0
Sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro:
California Schemin’ 0
Paul Krugman looks for the motives behind Donald Trump’s war on California. A snippet:
Conservatives confidently predicted disaster, declaring that the state was committing “economic suicide.” You might think that the failure of that disaster to materialize, especially combined with the way California has outperformed states like Kansas and North Carolina that turned hard right while it was turning left, might induce them to reconsider their worldview. That is, you might think that if you haven’t been paying any attention to the right-wing mindset.
