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Republican Family Values 0
Visit the Youtube page to read about what inspired Mangy to pen this ditty.
Precedented 0
Writing at the Orlando Sentinel, Miles Zaremski argues that there is precedent for Justice (sic) Alito’s draft abortion decision. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Our Impending Idiocracy 0
David discusses a truly disturbing campaign ad and what it implies about the state of our can-you-still-call-it-a polity. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
Potempkin Pillages 0
Der Spiegel offers a long and detailed analysis of what’s currently happening as regards the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
I commend it to your attention.
“A Republic, If You Can Keep It” 0
Will Bunch is less than optimistic.
The Reboot 0
Aside:
If Alexa doesn’t do it soon, climate change will do it later.
What’s in a Word? 0
PoliticalProf would like to know.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
In a related piece at Psychology Today Blogs, Michael Austin exposes the fallacy underlying the quotation that forms the title of this series of posts. A snippet:
There is evidence that an armed society is not a polite society.
Follow the link for the evidence.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Maureen Downey explores the effects of the state of Georgia’s war on historical fact. Here’s a bit:
It’s not a coincidence that the misinformation campaign that Georgia schools taught critical race theory followed the election of Georgia’s first Black and Jewish American senators, and as Confederate monuments fell across the country.
