2019 archive
All the News that Fits 0
David discusses the right-wing “propaganda cycle” and its disturbing implications.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness still takes practice.
Investigators discovered that a neighbor, Horia Ciprian Dugala, 56, had been target shooting in his yard in the direction of the victim and three other individuals, one of which was a three-year-old child.
Dugala was charged with four counts of wanton endangerment and tampering with physical evidence.
And, in more news of the polite . . . .
Left Unsaid 0
Will Bunch discusses the American history that’s not taught in school.
Site Maintenance Redux (Sticky)
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2020-03-21: Given all the stuff that’s happening, it’s clearly going to take me longer to restore my boating website (the main thing I want to accomplish) than I had hoped, so I will unstick this post in a couple of days.
I’ve migrated to a new virtual private server and glitches happened. Follow my progress below the fold.
The Candidates Debate 1
And I don’t care.
In the unlikely case that you’re curious as to why I pay no attention to candidate debates, it’s that they have devolved into substance-less side shows.
Presidented Times 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, UW Professor David P. Barash argues that there are historical precedents of these times. Here’s a few that he cites:
Follow the link for more presidential precedents.