QOTD 0
Wilkie Collins:
Aside:
He wrote that over a century and a half ago. Wonder what he would think about today . . . .
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
Vaccine Nation 0
It appears that RFK Jr. is succeeding at making measles great again.
This New Gilded Age 0
From the Youtube page:
Thom breaks down how modern billionaires and oligarchs are threatening democratic institutions across the globe—from recent political shifts in Germany to corporate influence in American elections.
The Normalizers 0
In the midst of a longer article about Donald Trump’s trade war of choice (the man does like to start conflicts, does he not?), Rex Huppke offers a word of advice:
Treating Trump like he’s normal isn’t being objective. It’s irresponsible.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Nor Any Drop To Drink . . . . 0
This court claims it never heard of no “general welfare.”
Thought Police 0
At the Psychology Today website, Matthew Clemente and David Goodman explain why book banning, however pure the book banners’ (think their) motives, is a bad idea. They make four main points:
- In recent years, the calls for censorship and banning books has increased.
- Critiques of the dangerous or immoral nature of literature have been around for thousands of years.
- Yet one of literature’s great strengths is to depict the complexity of the human condition.
- Showing truth through fiction and revealing virtue by depicting vice, literature helps us to mature ethically.
In these censorious times, methinks their article a worthwhile read.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
At my local rag, John W. Roth hears several rhymes from ancient times. Here’s just one; follow the link for more rhyme time.
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*Mark Twain.
Gaming the Numbers 0
David explains how the Trump maladministration is living in fantasy world ignoring economic reality. A quote:
This is what happens when loyalty becomes the principle qualification . . . .
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
University of Dayton professor Art Jipson looks at the right-wing’s response to the Trump maladministration’s farcical indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center for daring to fight against prejudice, bigotry, and racism and argues that
Follow the link, where he decodes de code.
