Author's archive
QOTD 0
Judith Kelman:
Life, I tell my sons, is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.
Kelman, Judith, “Introduction,” Stout, Rex, Curtains for Three (New York: Bantam, 1994), p. vi.
“Paranoia Strikes Deep” 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Charlie Jane Anders tries to under stand the sudden explosion in fear and paranoia about trans people. (I would argue that it’s because hate always seems to find a ready market, but that’s just me.) Given the waves of hate crashing into our eardrums every day, I recommend it as a worthwhile read. Here’s bit:
But the past few years have felt different.
The drumbeat of anti-trans articles and rhetoric seems organized, coordinated. And I’ve seen the effects in my own world. A couple of years ago, a liberal cis woman who used to go out for drinks every week with a group of trans women, including myself, suddenly “came out” as a transphobe and started spouting views that wouldn’t have felt out of place in right-wing media. I couldn’t recognize my friend anymore, and I still don’t understand.
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Drake Bentley runs the numbers.
All the News that Fits 0
Sam and his crew dissect the dissimulation.
Warning Flags 0
They are waving them right in front of us and we are not paying attention.
Originalist Sin 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Baton Rouge Advocate points out the flawed reasoning and willful misinterpretation of the historical record by the Originalists.
It Can’t Happen Here? 0
University of Arizona professor Stuart Brody recently visited Auschwitz and his experience left him with a wonder:
Follow the link for his story of the visit.
Establishmentarians 0
They pop up where you might least expect them.
Republican Family Values, “Red Meat for Rednecks” Dept. 0
Some persons are just not happy unless they are hating.
Woke Up! 0
At the Idaho State Journal, retired professor Nick Gier argues forcefully that “woke” is good. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“It’s the Best Catch There Is” 0
At the Hartford Courant, Connecticut Congressman John Larson takes a look at the damage that the Senate’s devotion to the filibuster, an arcane ritual rooted in attempts to protect slavery and, later, segregation, is doing to the welfare of the nation.
His piece is worth read; here’s a bit:
If you want to know why things are not getting done in Washington, you need look no further than this unconstitutional rule allowing a minority of senators to block the people’s will.