2021 archive
It’s Not the Labor that’s Short. It’s the Paychecks. 0
At the Des Moines Register, Maria Reppas remembers her time working in a restaurant and makes the case that small business owners (such as restaurants) are grousing about the wrong shortage. A snippet (emphasis added):
Instead of a mythical labor shortage, the United States has a livable wage shortage.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
Aside:
In the 25 years or so that I lived in the Philadelphia area, I never saw news stories like this one. The Brandywine flood a foot or two, rendering Brandywine Park in Wilmington, Del., unusable for a day or so, but flooding U. S. 1?
Borderline Insanity 0
The Arizona Republic’s Elvira Diaz is fed up with right-wingers’ faux outrage over Vice President Harris’s decision to skip a meaningless photo op and, instead, do something substantive.
All the News that Fits 0
And that goes for the advertisements, too.
Limitations of Statues (Updated) 0
F. T. Rea reflects on the decision to remove the statue of Harry Byrd from the grounds of Richmond’s Capitol Square. He suspects that it may portend something larger than removing a remembrance of a racist political boss.
For those who don’t remember, which, these days, is likely most of us, Harry Byrd could best be described a Virginia’s own Mayor Daley. He ruled Virginia’s politics for half a century, much as Daley dominated Chicago, and was a central figure in Virginia’s “Massive Resistance” to desegregating schools in the 1950s.
Here’s a bit:
Addendum:
In a subsequent post, F. T. Rea expanded on his thoughts.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
These clowns can’t handle politeness.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid,
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you, brother,
You won’t find one without the other.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
California’s Lake Oroville will no longer float your boat.
No Smoke, No Gun, No Smoking Gun 0
David debunks the bunkum about Dr. Fauci’s emails. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Ignorance /= Bliss 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Antonio French derides the duplicity of those (mostly Republican) politicians who have embarked on a crusade against “critical race theory.” Here’s an excerpt; follow the link for the rest.
But, of course, willful ignorance is never the answer.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The Seattle Times’s Naomi Ishisaka explains.