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“Franklin Roosevelt Was Right, and Ronald Reagan Was Wrong” 0
Thom discusses why government is the answer, not the problem.
Facebook Frolics 0
It continually amazes me that folks will fall for stuff they read on a computer screen just because they read it on a computer screen.
Unfortunately, this same gullibility extends to what persons “share” as “news” on “social” media, dodgy websites, and Fox News.
Echoes of Sexism 0
I was listening to a mystery novel and the reader read
I must confess, I was mildly surprised that the stenographer was a he, because, when I was a young ‘un, stenographers were assumed to be shes.
We may not be able to shed the prejudices with which we grew up, but we can certainly make ourselves aware of them and thereby liberate ourselves from their blinders.
Originalist Sin 1
Mark W. Schwiebert points out that the concept of Constitutional Originalism is, in fact, contrary to the thoughts of those who originated the Constitution.
Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added); follow the link for the rest.
Aside:
To be blunt, the motivating factor behind “Constitutional Originalism” it to restore the 3/5s clause, if not de jure, at least de facto. All the rest is smoke screen.
Suffer the Children 0
It’s not scripture. It’s Republican policy.
Aside:
The percentage of the population that is transgender is minimal, almost infinitesimal. I don’t get the right-wing furor about it.
Oh, wait a minute.
I get it.
It’s red flag for the haters.
True Believers 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier marvels at the delusional and the deluded.
