September, 2021 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
PoliticalProf provides a picture of politeness.
I’m Watching an Episode of The Addams Family . . . 0
. . . and it reminds me of my internet friend (who I once had breakfast with in Newark, Del.), Shaun Mullen.
He is still missed.
Self-Selected 0
Gwynne Dyer notes a disturbing–and ironic–trend.
The only country in the developed world where vaccine refuseniks are more numerous is Russia, where they at least have the excuse that the state lies to them about everything all the time. Typically, however, American vaccine refusal is twice as high as in other OECD countries — and so, of course, is the COVID-19 death rate.
Follow the link for her discussion of some of its manifestations and implications.
“The Pedagogy of Repression” 0
David and Professor Henry Giroux discuss the destruction of the concept of the common good.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society’ 0
Yet another child is sacrificed in NRA Paradise.
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The sheriff office said that the boy found a firearm inside an apartment and “accidentally shot himself.”
The Propagators of Pandemic 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, a doctor speaks. A nugget; follow the link for the rest.
Instead, our rage is directed at the disinformation profiteers — those bad actors with the big platforms who are behind each and every one of these deaths. Some of them run state governments, some have M.D. next to their names, others are millionaires who smugly sit on their Fox News perches and some spew bile from their radio pulpit. They are the ones who have helped drive us back into the throes of this pandemic.
And while we’re on the subject . . . .
Vaccine Nation 0
Elie Mystal minces no words. An excerpt:
The government can require people to be healthy. It cannot require people to get sick.
Via C&L, which has commentary.
