January, 2020 archive
Leaving the Polity Agogue 0
Eli Whitney reminds us that, of all things the Founders feared, the demagogue was what they feared the most. A snippet:
They believed uniformly that some men, though elected by the people, would be temperamentally incapable of serving the public interest under the Constitution. Therefore, they offered Congress the remedy of impeachment and removal from office.
Follow the link for more. It’s worth the three minutes it will take to read.
Phoning It In 0
Afterthought:
When we go out to a meal, I often see a group of persons sitting around a table, all of them buried in their “devices.” I can’t help but wonder, why did they even bother?
Decadenceds
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There was no year Zero A. D . (or C. E . if that’s how you roll).
Do the math.
Misdirection Plays, All the News that Fits Dept. 0
David looks back at a year of Foxy shadiness.
Russian Impulses, Putin on the Ritz Dept. 0
In The Roanoke Times, Nancy Liebrecht calls out the subservient toady for his groveling obsequiousness.
(Misplet wrod correxed.)
Shea’s Rebellion, Reprise 0
In the Idaho State Journal, Idaho attorney Steve Taggart takes a look at the bizarre beliefs of Washington State Representative Matt Shea, who was recently expelled from the Washington Republican caucus for “participating in a act of domestic terrorism.”
A nugget:
He also presented to the group a document called “Restoration” that called for forming a theocratic government . . . .
Follow the link for more about that “theocratic government.”
It is somewhat disquieting.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is again child’s play.
Police say the magazine was removed, but there was still a bullet in the chamber. The 13-year-old put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger.