July, 2020 archive
Geeking Out 0
I find this to be a Bryce background.
Full disclosure:
I’ve been to Bryce Canyon. It is well worth the trip.
The computer is running Ubuntu MATE with the Fluxbox window manager using the BlueNight theme.
A Pivotal Moment on Race in America? 0
Field thinks not. Here’s a bit from his article:
Honestly, when it comes to all of these “gestures” of goodwill from corporations and organizations, I take the Missouri position. You have to show me. Talk is cheap, and it will get you to the next news cycle after America’s woke moment is over.
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“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And a polite society is a clean society.
“He Can’t Handle the Truth” 0
Laurie Roberts takes a look at one Arizona’s congresscritter’s call to shoot the messenger.
Unmasking (and) the Common Good 0
At AL.com, Kyle Whitmire considers Alabama’s reluctance to order/request/ask persons to wear masks in the face of the current pandemic. In doing so, he explains the concept of the common good in simple terms:
Follow the link for the rest of his piece, in which he tries to figure out why many no longer seem to care about the common good in these viral times.
Doubling Down 0
Scott Lemieux decodes de code.