September, 2020 archive
QOTD 0
Friedrich Nietzsche:
Bill Shade, my history professor for the Early Federal Period when I was in grad school, was fond of saying that “history is irony.”
Ironically, Niectzshe went insane towards the end of his life.*
But that doesn’t mean he was insane when he wrote this.
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*The program at the link is currently available on Netflix and is well worth your while.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Play your game, politely.
Dismayed 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Jim Fabiano is nonplussed. Here’s the end of his article:
Follow the link to see what he said in reaching his conclusion.
Trumpling Veterans 0
Seth takes a closer look at the RNC and at Trump’s insults to veterans.
The Disinformation Superhighway, It Might As Well Be True Dept. 0
Shannon Gillies documents a deception.
Promises, Promises 0
Nicholas Kristoff takes inventory.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
A 29-year-old man named Luis Martin Pages shot his 59-year-old mother, Miriam Gonzalez, to death at 5:22 p.m. on Sunday evening in their shared North Miami home after the two argued.
More family values at the link.
False Idols 0
In the Des Moines Register, Kristen Greteman takes issue with the Iowa State University athletic director’s plan to sacrifice the arts, specifically performances at ISU’s Stephens Auditorium, on the altar of football to pay for the football team’s loss of revenue in these viral times.