Hate Sells category archive
Projection 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tony Norman writes of the Ahmaud Arbery case and trial.
In one passage, he gets to the gist of the motive for the lynching–for a lynching it was (emphasis added).
Follow the link for the complete article..
The Rittenhouse Rules, Reprise 0
Via C&L, which notes, in part, that
Follow the link for the rest of their report.
As the Twig Is Bent . . . . 0
. . . and, boy! these twigs are bent.
None Dare Call It Terrorism . . . 0
. . . but it is.
All the News that Fits, “What If” Dept. 0
Aside:
Methinks the author, in some sort of inane gesture to bothsiderism, grossly overestimates the influence of MSNBC.
MSNBC has viewers (of which I am not one, by the way, as I gave up on television news a long time ago–except when there’s a snow storm). Fox News has disciples.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun asks a (rhetorical) question:
Follow the link to see how they answered it.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
As my two or three regular readers know, I’m a bit of a mystery buff.
I’ve recently reread one of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe novels, Champaign for One, which was first published in the mid-1950s. Prominent in the plot is a “home for unwed mothers,” a place where expectant unwed mothers could go to hide their shame until their children were born and given up for adoption, once a common practice. (The one featured in the story, the Grantham Institute, was no Magdalene Laundry by any means, but a gracious and humane institution, but that’s neither here nor there. A true Magdalen Laundry does feature in one of Kerry Greenwood’s Phrynne Fisher stories.)
Rebecca Watson fears a return on such institutions (Magdalene Laundries, that is, not Grantham Institutes) may be in the offing.
The Card Has Been Dealt 0
Joe Patrice argues that the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse bodes ill for the rule of law.
The devolution continues.
Monster Mash-Up 0
At The Roanoke Times, Robert F. Boyd muses on what led our polity to its present state, which he refers to as a “Trumpenstein” monster. Here’s a bit:
Follow the link to see how he answer that question.
“Snowflakes” 0
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has little patience with those who would deny history and the teaching thereof.
