May, 2023 archive
Today’s Docket: The Happiest Place v. the Sappiest Place 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye has the latest on the legal maneuvering.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another case of familial politeness.
Standoff 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, David P. Barash offers a perspective on the current impasse between those would preserve the full faith and credit of the United States of Americaand those who would destroy said full faith and credit for short-term political gain.
Aside:
Yeah, I know my wording is–er–less than dispassionate, but, really, that’s what it boils down to.
QOTD 0
Robert Goldsborough, in the voice of Nero Wolfe:
. . . too often, what we refer to as as humility is only false modesty strutting on the parade ground.
Goldsborough, Robert, The Bloodied Ivy (New York: Bantam,1989) p. 167
The Climates, They are a-Changing 0
When I was a young ‘un, growing up these parts (actually about 40 miles north of where I type this), tornadoes were unheard of.
They were something that happened in Kansas.
Stray Thought 0
I do not think it an understatement to suggest that “social” media provides incentives that encourage persons to draw attention to themselves with statements of questionable veracity.
To put it another way, “social” media rewards liars for lying.
Fact-Checking the Graham Cracker 0
David suggests that the Graham Cracker needs to get out of his propaganda bubble and deal with facts.
(Like that’s going to happen.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another random act of politeness.
Yet another child learns about emergency rooms.
Yet another sign that we are a failing society.
Courting Disaster, Unchecked, Unbalanced 0
Gordon Weil, writing at the Bangor Daily News, is not sanguine. A snippet:
Word Gamers 0
At AL.com, Frances Coleman discusses the latest attempts of Alabama’s governor to pretend that history isn’t and than reminds us (emphasis added)
There’s nothing new about this.
Follow the link for her arguments.