2021 archive
Courting Disaster 0
At Above the Law, Elizabeth Dye minces no words.
Poor Planning 0
Here’s a bit of the artist’s commentary:
History Bluff 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jesse Robison comments on America’s stubborn refusal to face its own history. A snippet:
Many Americans are stretched thin, and people aren’t doing their homework in the United States when it comes to analyzing and understanding issues. Numerous political jurisdictions in America are also trying to control and/or revise the direction of our history through legislation.
Read the rest.
The History Buff 0
Elsewhere, coincidental but relevant, Betsy Biesenbach reflects on what I can only call “selective historiography,” and Tony Norman delivers a case study.
Image via Juanita Jean.
Amendment, Amended 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice discusses the reasoning of a “Constitutional originalist” judge who has forcefully argued that the 2nd Amendment did not “originally” mean what the gun manufacturers and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers claim it does. A snippet:
Follow the link for his full explication.
Vaccine Nation, Triage Dept. 0
Idaho’s hospitals are filling up with COVID patients, so much so that the state is implementing a plan that involves rationing care. Here’s a bit of the story (emphasis added); details at the link.
Meanwhile, Mistermix looks for the common denominator among the states with the worst COVID numbers.
Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! 0
At the Hartford Courant, Jennifer Schneider bemoans the loss of the concept of the common good.
QOTD 0
Stephen Kinzer:
No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.
Q. E. D.
Geeking Out 0
I do likes me my pretty pictures.
Mageia v. 8 with Fluxbox. GKrellM and Xclock are to the right. Thunderbird and Firefox are shaded in a tabbed window. The wallpaper is from my collecction.
And, no, you can’t shade or tab applications if you use Windows.
Flag Daze 0
Florida Man has his Trump flag stolen and finds a note.
Vaccine Nation 0
Writing at The Colorado Sun, Mike Littwin argues the anti-vaxs, anti-mask crowd has a strange and dangerous notion of “liberty.” A snippet (emphasis added):
Follow the link for his reasoning.
(Broken link fixed.)