March, 2021 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And, as we are continually reminded, politeness takes practice.
We are also again reminded that “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Echoes of the Fall 0
Yet another sign of the impending collapse of civilization. . . .
Recommended Reading 0
Wolfram Eberhard’s A History of China.
Understanding China’s past gives some context to China’s present.
“Turn a Blind Eye” 0
The Des Moines Register’s Rekha Basu excoriates a proposed bill in the Iowa state legislature designed to protect bigots and racists from having their sensitive ‘ittle fee-fees hurt.
No excerpt or summary–just read her article.
Three Parts Suppression, One Part Kabuki? 0
At the Washington Monthly, David Atkins suggests there is a second element to Republican voter suppression attempts such as the recent law passed in Georgia. He suggests that, in addition to wanting to suppress likely Democratic votes, Republicans feel constrained by Trump’s “Big Lie” to show the Trumpettes in their base that they are taking real action against the mythic fraud which Trump continues to allege.
I think his theory is worth a look.
(Spellink era correxted.)
Recommended Listening 0
The Librivox audiobook recording of The Red Thumb Mark, by R. Austin Freeman.
R. Austin Freeman’s Dr. John Thorndyke was fiction’s first forensic detective.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society,” Reprise 0
In a tour-de-force of truth, Seth skewers the sociopathic sophistries of the ammosexuals and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers.
