2019 archive
Recommended Reading 0
Murder Must Advertise, by Dorothy Sayers.
I just read it for the second time, or maybe it was the third, and you should too.
Field of Dreamers 0
As I’ve mentioned before, sometimes I find myself nostalgic for the smoke-filled rooms.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Phoning in politeness . . . .
The shattering phone sent glass and metal shrapnel into the teen’s eye and face, penetrating into his brain.
The NRA will no doubt claim that, if the phone had been packing, this would not have happ–oh, never mind.
The Art of the Con, Lies and Lying Liars Dept. 0
Scott Martelle considers Donald Trump’s pervasive prevarication and posits a postulate:
It’s an entire ecosystem.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Slap Schtick 0
Steven M. tries to make sense of right-wing logic.










