Author's archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
If the Truth Hurts, Make Stuff Up 0
At the Hartford Courant, Ethan Frankel calls out Connecticut GOP Chair Ben Proto’s duplicitous double-talk.
In the interest of fairness, you can read Proto’s piffle.
Stray Thought 0
If HUAC were still a thing, it would be compelled to investigate today’s Republican Party.
Plus Ca Change 0
At The Roanoke Times, Jeff E. Shapiro argues that, in Virginia, it’s 1885 all over again.
The Politics of Moral (Pseudo) Panics 0
Thom wonders, “Who are they going after next?”
Facebook Frolics 0
BadTux sees a glimmer of hope.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu notes a trend.
She speaks specifically about Iowa, but it ain’t just in Iowa folks. Here’s the beginning of her column; follow the link for her evidence that bigoted, racist, hate-full behavior is trending.
Two days earlier, an online meeting of Black Democrats in the Legislature was Zoom-bombed with yelling, racial slurs, threats of violence, swastikas, monkey imagery and profanities, making some members fear for their lives.
It sounds like a coincidence, but reading more about recent vicious threats is enough to make you wonder about a trend.
Ipso Facto 0
The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini comments on a law progresssing through the Arizona legislature to ban teaching critical race theory in schools, where it is not taught. A snippet:
Affirmation 0
At AL.com, Roy L. Johnson affirms the action.
More than once during my career I heard some form of this: “You’re really here because you’re Black.”
More than once did I respond: “And you’re really here because you’re white, so guess we’re even.”
Follow the link for the rest.
