2021 archive
Twits on Twitter 0
Just when you thought “social” media couldn’t get more vapid . . . .
The Mess with Texas, Electric Boogaloo Bamboozle Dept.
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Paul Krugman explains the flawed reasoning behind the failure of the electricity industry in Texas. A snippet:
In fact, some people see nothing wrong with what happened in Texas in the past week. William Hogan, the Harvard professor widely considered the architect of the Texas system, asserted that drastic price increases, while “not convenient,” were how the system was supposed to work.
But kilowatt-hours aren’t avocados, and there are at least three big reasons why pretending that they are is a recipe for disaster.
Follow the link for those three big reassons.
Cancel Culture, Unreconstructed Style 0
As Leonard Pitts, Jr., points out (see below), until white America is willing to confront its past, it will continue to deny its present.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Expose the firefighters striving to save your house to your politeness.
The story goes on to report that he’s facing a third surgery.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Farron points out how thoroughly Nixon’s Southern Strategy has come full circle and consumed the Republican Party.
Leonard Pitts, Jr., Channels The Who . . . 0
. . . and tells America to look in the mirror.
The Piper Wants that Payment 0
Georgia county election officials are suing deadbeat Don for wasting their time.
Drunk on the Kool-Aid 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini marvels at Trump’s grip on his cultists. A snippet:
These are not just “Trump Republicans.” They’re Trump cultists.
More at the link.
It’s All about the Algorithm 0
In a lengthy post at Psychology Today Blogs, Sandro Galea waxes less than optimistic about “social” media’s effects on the discourse. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
Flying High 0
H/T my brother in Virginia’s Northern Neck.
