2017 archive
Lessons 0
In the Portland Press-Herald, Cynthia Dill looks back on Trump’s first 100 days and tries to find some learning. Here’s one less she drew; follow the link for the rest.
Doing the Wingnut Hustle 0
Aside:
The First Amendment right to free speech protects speech. Despite this argument, it neither mandates someone else to guarantee a platform nor requires anyone else to listen.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
More guns would certainly have prevented this. Just ask the NRA.
Also, pigs, wings.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
This should not surprise you.
This is the United States of America. Everything eventually wends its way back to race.
Foundering Foundations 0
Der Spiegel takes a look at Donald Trump’s first 100 days. It is not only not impressed; it is alarmed. Here’s a bit:
Democracy lives from the ability to forge compromise, but that is a skill that Trump appears not to possess. As such, his first 100 days in office can be interpreted as an attack on the foundations of American democracy.
Do read the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is the foundation of family.
The father was taken to a hospital in critical condition but later died, police said.
Just another day in NRA Paradise.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
(The problem that kept anything below this post from appearing has been fixed. Youtube has been mucking about with the formatting of their embed codes. Their antics are most annoying.)
The Age of Delightenment 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Clifford Lazarus laments the growth of willful scientific ignorance. A snippet:
Do please read the rest.
Much Ado about Something 0
Most of the commentary on Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office has focused on how little he has accomplished in terms of legislation and executive orders which get enjoined almost immediately.
Will Bunch, in contrast, thinks there have been significant–and corrosive–accomplishments. Here’s an excerpt from his article:
Follow the link to find out why he said that.