July, 2022 archive
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It’s also a law in Florida.
Afterthought:
Denying history means never learning its lessons.
In this case, it is quite clear that those who would deny history also reject its lessons, because they are too busy still rising again after all these years.
Restrictions Need Not Apply 0
Steve M. points out that the rich are different from you and me.
Lies and Lying Liars 0
The American Scholar points out–er– mistatements in Samuel Alito’s abortion rulingwrong concerning American legal and medical history.
Just read it.
Stray Question 0
Why do restaurants keep coming up with sandwiches that you couldn’t possibly wrap your mouth around?
Soiler Alert, Reprise 0
PolticalProf parses the perfidy.
Stray Thought, Originalist Sin Dept.* 0
I just checked the Constitution of the United States of America.
It does not mention airplanes.
Does that mean that the FAA is unconstitutional?
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*Also known as the “Words Mean What I Want Them To Mean Dept.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another responsible gun owner discharges his responsibility–this time into his own leg.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
When the Right Takes Away a Right . . . . 0
And Elise Kalin writes powerfully of the loss at the Des Moines Register. Here’a little bit of her article:
Bad Air 0
Farron parses the farcical reasoning and inimical implications of the Supreme Supremacist Court’s recent ruling on regulating carbon emissions.
Gas Lit 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Seattle Times wonders why we Americans can’t seem to learn from experience.
Whitewash 0
Speaking of the Republicans’ war against truth in learning . . . .
School Daze 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock examines Republicans’ war against truth in learning. A snippet (emphasis added):