May, 2020 archive
Stray Thought 0
I’m so old that I can remember when the Republican Party had a conscience.
Flailing the Test 0
PoliticalProf does the math.
The Rule of Lawless 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice rounds up a flock of flummery about Attorney-General Barr’s decision not to prosecute confessed criminal Michael Flynn.
Playing Grown-Up 0
Afterthought:
Try to imagine Donald Trump voicing the words, “With malice toward none, with charity for all . . . .”
Malice is his default setting.
The Unheeded Wake-Up Call? 0
Thom wonders when (and why) Americans will wake up to the danger posed by COVID-19 and Donald Trump’s mishandling of it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family affair.
According to a report, the 3-year-old boy came into the room with what his mother first thought was a toy gun, but then it discharged, hitting Byers in the head, killing her.
Police believe the toddler found the gun in Byers’ purse, which she kept there for protection. According to investigators, the boy told officers he does have a green toy gun, so he may have thought Byers’ gun was also a toy.
Fact Checking Is Work 0
David parses the persiflage, after pointing out that it takes longer to disprove the lies than it does to repeat the lies.
Experiments fail, even noble ones.
Snipeasies 0
A writer at my local rag muses about seeking a haircut in these viral times.
Me, I’ll be wearing a ponytail soon.