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“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” 0
In a related vein, Washington Monthly offers a calm and reasoned look at the causes of the current spike in prices.
American Taliban 0
Michael in Norfolk explains their obsession with sex. A snippet:
. . . it all comes down to seeking to subordinate women . . . .
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Co-Conspirators 0
When I was a young ‘un, back in the olden days, my mother subscribed to both McCall’s and Ladies Home Journal, because that’s what housewives did in the 1950s and 1960s. I would read them, because I pretty much read anything and everything I can get my hands on.
Back-alley abortions were a frequent topic in those magazines. I can’t say I understood the details back then, but I understood that women were dying needlessly because they were desperate.
And Republicans want to bring those days back.
About the other co-conspirator, well, I’ve got a whole category for lead poisoners.
Image via Job’s Anger.
A Moment of Venn, Reprise 0
Have you noticed the overlap between persons who fret about “government overreach” and the “Deep State” and those who would deny the existence of a “right to privacy” because that phrase does not specifically appear in the U. S. Constitution?
The Rule of Flaw 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., suggests that Justice (sic) Clarence Thomas believes in (I’m paraphrasing here) “rules for thee but not for me.”
The Fear Factor(ies), Reprise 0
(Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Draw Show your politeness to those in the next lane of the highway on which you conduct your motorized conveyance.
The Fear Factor(ies) 0
At AL.com, John Archibald reflects of the fear-mongering tactics of (mostly Republican) candidates in Alabama. I think what he says, though, applies in many election campaigns in many states.
Here’s a bit (emphasis added); follow the link for the complete article.
And hey, I’m afraid, too. I’m afraid of the fear mongering, of those who seek power by dividing people into us and them, who lead mobs with rhetorical – usually – torches. . . .
But it’s not just the ads. The problem is that politics and cultural bluster have become way more important than genuine solutions to real problems.
Twits on Twitter 0
He was a mere twit. Now he’s a no account twit.