“That Conversation about Race” category archive
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Afterthought:
For a humane take on this “nation of immigrants,” see the marvelous article by the Des Moines Register’s Reka Basu. Here’s a bit:
What’s in a Word? 0
The Angry Gammarian decodes de code.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Anquan Boldin and Takeo Spikes, retired NFL players, decode the dog whistle.
Rand Gestures 0
One might perhaps call this a paranoia of delusions.
Behind That Curtain* 0
David talks with Talia Lavin about her experiences in infiltrating white supremacist groups.
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*With apologies to Earl Derr Biggers.
Tales of the Trumpling: Snapshots of Trickle-Down Trumpery 0
Afterthought:
You know, the harsh truth is that persons who don’t think like that, well, they won’t talk like that.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Tony Norman marvels at the dissonance.
What was that war in the heart of Europe all about if the enemy they fought and defeated has somehow captured the hearts and minds of their grandchildren and great-grandchildren nearly eight decades later?
How Stuff Works, Trump Succession Planning Dept. 0
In a longer article regarding a Federal judge’s ruling that the Trump-appointed head of the Department of Homeland Republican Family Values Security was illegally appointed to his post, Elizabeth Dye summarizes how Trump’s promotion procedure (if you can dignify it with a three-syllable word) works:
Follow the link for the details.
Addendum:
Broken link fixed.
I noticed my error (I broke the link) about an hour ago, about 10:20 p. m., but it seems my hosting provider was having some issues. I got a 502 error when I tried to connect to the backend of the site to edit this post.
There’s a reason no hosting provider will promise more that 99% uptime–computers and networks are physical objects, and physical objects will break from time to time. But I’ve been using this provider for a decade now. I would recommend them to anyone because of their reliable performance and excellent tech support–especially because of their excellent tech support (and, in another life, I used to wear a headset myself).
Twits on Twitter 0
Twits who go looking for trouble and find it.