November, 2023 archive
And Now for a Blast from the Past 0
Same song, three angles.
Republican Thought Police 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jonathan Zimmerman looks at some recent Pennsylvania school board elections and notes that
. . . it turns out that Democratic parents have rights, too.
Follow the link for context.
The Poll Pushers 0
Farron suggests it’s all about the eyeballs.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Methinks Atrios shared something of substance.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and you just may just get left holding the bag.
Boy, am I glad that my days of stepping on airplanes once or twice a month are behind me.
What’s in a Word? 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock considers Donald Trump’s Veterans Day speech and wants to know.
Follow the link for his musings.
The Other Black Friday 0
At The Kansas City Star, Hannah Holzer writes of another Black Friday, one that happened over a century ago, one that was about rights, not retail.
What ensued was a horrific display of violence against women perpetrated by cops in uniform, plain clothed police officers and male bystanders. The day was a turning point for British suffragettes — it marked the start of British suffragette militancy and was dubbed “Black Friday” decades before the colloquial term became associated with the start of the holiday shopping season one day after Thanksgiving.
It is a fascinating read and worth the few minutes it will take you to read it.
The Doctrine of Domination 0
Sam and the crew have second conversation with author Robert P. Jones concerning the 15th century Catholic Church’s formulation of the “Doctrine of Discovery” that justified rationalized European conquest of the Americas and Africa and about how it led to the doctrine of white supremacy and to America’s original sin of chattel slavery.
Devolution 0
At AL.com, John Archibald writes of Alabama public schools’ war on science. A snippet:
But the state of science instruction is more problematic than even that.
Alabama’s existing science standards were already considered among the nation’s worst when it comes to the study of climate change.
Follow the link for his exploration of the intentional inculcation of ignorance.
QOTD 0
Mark Cox, in the voice of Tam Mullen, about someone who has gone viral on the inner tubes:
That’s the problem with the modern world. You can get famous for doing nothing.
Methinks he has a point.
Blinders 0
Michael in Norfolk wonders why so many persons are overlooking the obvious.
