2019 archive
Both Sides Not 0
Paul Krugman is an optimist.
Russian Impulses 0
At Delaware Liberal, Alby follows the money.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
The Lies of the Land 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Christian Hart investigates the personality traits of those who lie. Here’s a bit:
Follow the link for more.
Aside:
Sound like anyone you know?
(Broken link fixed.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues . . . .
By the time rescuers got to him, he was too far gone to survive.
“Bad Boys” 0
Ronald E Riggio, at Psychology Today Blogs, offers some thoughts on why people are willing to follow bad leaders. Here’s one (emphasis in the orginal); follow the link for the othrs:
(As an aside, I see this one almost daily in letters to the editor of my local rag. For example.)
A Notion of Immigrants 0
The first racist U. S. immigration law was The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
At the San Francisco Chronicle, the granddaughter of a Chinese man who came to the U. S. to study architecture in 1919 shares his story; she suggests that it provides context for much of what’s happening today.
Here’s a bit:
The roots of that authority lie in the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, the first immigration law to outlaw an entire ethnic group. It was made permanent 10 years later by the Geary Act, which made illegal immigration a federal crime punishable by a year in prison, with hard labor. All Chinese residents, even those born here, had to carry a residence permit, or face deportation. Chinese were not allowed to bear witness in court, and only a “credible white witness” could testify on their behalf. After that, the 1921 Quota Act numerically limited immigration for the first time.
The entire piece is worth the three minutes of your time it will take to read it.
