January, 2022 archive
Red Scare Redux 0
At the Idaho State Journal, retired professor Wayne Schow takes issue with Doyle Beck’s hyperventilating over a little bit of social safety netting. He explains that democratic socialism and Soviet style communism are not, in fact, the same thing, a distinction of which methinks many Americans are similarly unaware (as many seem also unaware of the concept of the “common good”).
Here’s a bit from his essay; follow the link for the rest.
Words Matter 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Shoot first, ask questions later.
“My husband made a mistake and shot her because he thought she was an intruder,” the mother said. “She was in our garage and my husband just didn’t know what was going on. Oh, my God.”
Thus passeth another day in NRA paradise.
We are a broken society.
Stray Thought 0
It is notable that about the only bit of speculation in the speculative movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, that has come close to fruition is HAL, the malevolent computer.