May, 2020 archive
The Art of the Con 0
E. J. Montini highlights an ongoing case of egregious mail fraud.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jamie Aten discusses whether these viral times have affected the propagation of misinformation (and, I would add, outright lies) on “social” media. His conclusion might surprise you.
Animal Sacrifice 0
Thom and his guest discuss how the slaughter of farm animals is not simply the result of the coronavirus. Rather, they posit that the pandemic has revealed deep flaws in the existing system for getting meat to market.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Scatter ye politeness where ye may,
E’en on the public’s right-of-way.
Those shells today inert lying,
Tomorrow they shalt be flying.
QOTD 0
William Makepeace Thackery:
I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.
The Medicine Show 0
Will Bunch argues that it is all show and no medicine.
Standing Out from the Herd 0
Sweden’s experiment in “herd immunity” against COVID-19 has not worked out well.
QOTD 0
Kerry Greenwood, in the voice of Phryne Fisher:
If you are not scared, there is no merit in being brave.
Greenwood, Kerry, Death at Victoria Dock (Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2007), p. 149.