January, 2021 archive
Freedom of Screech, Reprise 0
At AL.com, Roy S. Johnson offers a primer on the First Amendment.
Geeking Out 0
VirtualBox virtual machine of Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop environment on Mageia v. 7 under the Fluxbox window manager.
The Festering 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Susan Benesch makes the case that hate-full speech corrodes the polity, not all at once, but slowly, over time. A nugget:
Every time Trump has made an inflammatory, hateful, and/or false remark since, journalists and Democrats called it out. But not Republicans, with the rarest of exceptions . . . .
Freedom of Screech 0
From the Bangor Daily News editorial board, in considering Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s discomfiture at being held accountable for his actions:
The First Amendment doesn’t say Simon & Schuster shall publish all books
Give it a read.
Who Cudda Knowed? Reprise 0
Shorter Werner Herzog’s Bear: Anyone and everyone.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
His mother, Shonda, said Zeak was riding on an ATV when he reached into the back of the vehicle to grab his firearm. The trigger mechanism for the shotgun snagged on something and discharged, striking Zeak in his right shoulder.