Too Venal for Words category archive
Vaccine Nation 0
It’s an all about me and to hell with the rest of you nation.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Arizona Congressperson Debbie Lesko takes a discriminating view. Here’s a snippet from the article by the Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts:
Just don’t put those “very good workers” in line to be vaccinated against a potentially fatal virus that has disproportionately attacked Latinos and other minority populations.
Aside:
Looking at this and the previous post, one is tempted to conclude that cruelty and callousness are Republican Family Values.
The Misinformation Superhighway 0
After drawing a distinction between misinformation and disinformation, Aditi Subramaniam offers some reasons as to why we are susceptible to misinformation (think the clickbait headlines that Snopes is so fond of debunking) and some techniques for dealing with it.
She starts by telling a story of her own trip down the rabbit hole of a clickbait headline (follow the link below to see what she discovered about said headline and its tenuous connection to facts, as well as for some hints to help avoid falling down your own rabbit holes). Here’s a bit of her article.
Freedom of Screech 0
One more time, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.
A Tune for the Times 0
Just when you think it can’t get any more venal and stupid, it does.
Know Them by the Company They Keep 0
A federal judge considers the criteria for clemency from the current federal executive.
Details at the link
