February, 2020 archive
Judging Amy 0
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has had enough of Roger Stone’s guff.
Reboot(strap) 0
Nicholas Kristoff marvels at how a metaphor for futility became a prescription for policy. Here’s a bit; the full piece is at the link.
Yet this phrase has become part of America’s mythology and the centerpiece of our approach to help those left behind: We harangue them to lift themselves up by the bootstraps.
A Question of Identity 0
Does the individual described in this article remind you of anyone?
SLAPP-Happy 0
In The Sacramento Bee, Eric Swalwell examines Devin Nunes’s practice of suing everyone who hurts his tender wittle fee-fees, while consistently voting to deny others the same privilege.
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
Thom reports on a Washington Post article about the proliferation of bullying in Donald Trump’s image.
The Rule of Lawless, Newspeak Dept. 0
A former Federal prosecutor comments on the pardon of Rob Blagojevich. A snippet:
Elsewhere, Leonard Pitts, Jr., has a somewhat different interpretation, arguing that we are not, indeed, living in “post-fact America,” but rather in “post-integrity America.”
Experiments fail, even noble ones.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As any “responsible gun owner” (sic) knows, politeness takes practice.
The Artfulness of the Con 0
Barry M. Mitnick explores why even persons who don’t consider themselves gullible get gulled.
Lowering the Barr Boom
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At the Idaho State Journal, retired professor Leonard Hitchcock fears that the rule of law is endangered. Here’s a bit from his conclusion; follow the link for his reasoning.