December, 2018 archive
The Year in Rebuke* 0
Dave Barry looks back at 2018 and concludes that
We can summarize 2018 in two words:
It boofed.
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*That phrase is not original with me. I shamelessly stole it from Harry Shearer.
The Uncertainty Principle 0
Writing at the Bangor Daily News, Gordon L. Weil explains. A nugget:
The biggest problem facing the U.S. is not immigration, health care or a trade war.
It is uncertainty.
(snip)
Follow the link for his rationale.
Suffer the Children 0
Again, that’s not scripture. That’s Republican policy.
Mike comments (warning: language).
The Rule of Lawless 0
Susan Estrich muses on the rule of law vs. the rule of Trump. A nugget (follow the link for the rest):
“The Content of His Character” 0
Field looks in vain for Donald Trump’s character. Here’s a snippet (emphasis added):
Most of the angry responses are rooted in the fact they do not wish to be reminded of this obvious truth. But others seem to have convinced themselves that Trump is a man of good character, and they take personal offense at the insult, even though I usually offer it as little more than an observation.
A Symptom, Not a Cause 0
Experiments fail, even noble ones.
QOTD 0
Rex Stout, in the voice of Archie Goodwin:
I never try to do any deep thinking when I’m driving; the thinking gets you nowhere and the driving might get you where you would rather not be . . . .
Stout, Rex, The Father Hunt (New York: Bantam, 1993), p. 68.
Aside:
Texting hadn’t been invented when those words were penned.
