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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
When you dine out at night, always be polite.
The NRA will likely argue that, had she been armed, this would not–oh, wait.
Twits on Twitter 0
Noz attempts to make sense of the nonsensical.
QOTD 0
Francisco Luís Gomes:
What use is equality in theory and in law, if it does not penetrate into our customs?
Open Heartland 0
In the Hartford Courant, Richard Brown and Ron Formisano argue forcefully that the term “American Heartland” is woefully misused when viewed as referring only to the Midwest and Plains states and, by extendion, their residents. Brown and Formisano posit that such usage ignores too many other hearts in the American land. They conclude
I commend their piece to your attention. Follow the link for their reasoning.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, it’s not scripture. It’s Republican policy.
The Republican Party–the party of mean for the sake of mean.
Lowering the Barr 0
Connie Estrich, who went to law school with Attorney-General William Barr and remembers him as an honorable man, wonders what has happened to the Bill Barr she knew.
No excerpt or summary can do justice to her article. Just read it.
