2021 archive
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
With all due respect to Clyde Evely, “suspension of disbelief” and willfull abandonment of reality are not the same thing.
Aside:
The fabled panic created by Orson Welles’s War of the Worlds broadcast, to which Evely refers, was not as remembered in popular folklore (we covered this in my Sociology 101 class [mumble] years ago, for Pete’s sake). It affected a very small portion of the audience, mostly persons who listened to other radio shows and tuned into War of the Worlds after it was already about 15 minutes in and who lived in the area of New Jersey where the drama was set.
It’s not that persons disregarded the disclaimer at the beginning of the broadcast. It’s that they weren’t listening when the disclaimer was aired.
By the way, you can listen to that broadcast at the OTR Network Library.
Facebook Frolics 0
Have you ever had the sneaking suspicion that the Zuckerborg has morphed into a slavering, stumbling, bumbling monster beyond control?
If you have, I can’t imagine how you could have ever thought such a thought.
Then, again, maybe I can.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family affair.
Natural Selection 0
Methinks Darwin was onto something.
The Common No-Good 0
The recent mass shoplifting sprees have received lots of press because the seem unprecedented. Leonard Pitts, Jr., suggests that they are symptoms of a larger fraying of the concept of the common good. Furthermore, he suggests that they are, indeed, precedented.
Here’s a bit of his piece; follow the link for the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
While on the job, demonstrate politeness to your employees.
“You Can’t Go Home Again” 0
At least, not without being hassled by the cops if you happen to be not-white.
Facebook Frolics 0
Shorter Facebook post: “Let’s go a-frolicking.”
Projection 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tony Norman writes of the Ahmaud Arbery case and trial.
In one passage, he gets to the gist of the motive for the lynching–for a lynching it was (emphasis added).
Follow the link for the complete article..
Anime Antics 0
The writer of a letter to the editor is less than impressed with antics of Arizona’s Paul Gosar.