2022 archive
On Establishmentarianism 0
At the Des Moines Register, retired professor Norma Cook Everist discusses the dangers of establishmentarianism. Here’s tiny bit from her article (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
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Closing Books, Closing Minds 0
At the Roanoke Times, Arnold Schuetz, who grew up and attended school in Germany shortly after the end of World War II, sees echoes of his own experience in current attempts to–you will pardon the expression–whitewash America’s history of chattel slavery and racial discrimination.
No excerpt or summary will do his article justice. Just read it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility.
Twits on Twitter 0
A twit with no self-awareness (and that surprise you how?).
When the Truth Hurts . . . . 0
Methinks he doth protest too much.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini highlights the hypocrisy.
Mongers of Fear, What’s in a Word? Dept. 0
What’s in a word? The short answer is, well, “fear.”
Via Job’s Anger.
Aside:
You can see the full quotation at Wikiquote.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At NJ.com, Michael A. Gottesman argues convincingly that DEI is the new CRT.
Danse Macabre 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Susanna Newsonen tries to figure just what was the big deal about the Prime Minister of Finland’s daring to dance at a party with her friends.
The Box Boy 0
In Translation . . . . 0
. . . which is why, when we needed a new stove and dishwasher earlier this year, I told the salesman, “I don’t want any ‘smart’ appliances. Google doesn’t need to know when I turn on a burner . . . .”
Afterthought:
Yes, they both decided to fail on the same week, but they had served us well for many years.
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