July, 2022 archive
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Drake Bentley runs the numbers.
All the News that Fits 0
Sam and his crew dissect the dissimulation.
Warning Flags 0
They are waving them right in front of us and we are not paying attention.
Originalist Sin 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Baton Rouge Advocate points out the flawed reasoning and willful misinterpretation of the historical record by the Originalists.
It Can’t Happen Here? 0
University of Arizona professor Stuart Brody recently visited Auschwitz and his experience left him with a wonder:
Follow the link for his story of the visit.
Establishmentarians 0
They pop up where you might least expect them.
Republican Family Values, “Red Meat for Rednecks” Dept. 0
Some persons are just not happy unless they are hating.
Woke Up! 0
At the Idaho State Journal, retired professor Nick Gier argues forcefully that “woke” is good. A snippet:
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“It’s the Best Catch There Is” 0
At the Hartford Courant, Connecticut Congressman John Larson takes a look at the damage that the Senate’s devotion to the filibuster, an arcane ritual rooted in attempts to protect slavery and, later, segregation, is doing to the welfare of the nation.
His piece is worth read; here’s a bit:
If you want to know why things are not getting done in Washington, you need look no further than this unconstitutional rule allowing a minority of senators to block the people’s will.
History Is What Happened 0
It is not what persons want to believe happened.
As long as white Americans continue to willfully blind themselves to the facts of America’s original sin of chattel slavery, America will (continue to) live a lie and be vulnerable to that lie.
And I say that as a white guy who numbers among his ancestors persons who held slaves, as the saying went, including the man who signed John Brown’s death warrant at Harper’s Ferry.
That was not me and I am not them.
I’ve mentioned before how Second Son brought that home to me when we visited Harper’s Ferry and saw a wax figure of said ancestor, signing said death warrant, in a display there. Second Son said, “So, he was on the wrong side.”
And he was.
I already knew that, but, as I said, that comment brought it home.
“Donald Trump in the Dining Room with the Television” 0
In a related piece at The Japan Times, Minxin Pei points out that, in the United States, the call is coming from inside the house.
Aside:
One of the underlying assumptions, or, perhaps, it would be better to say “acts of faith,” of the Founders was that citizens, however much they might disagree on policy, would act in good faith.
They did not envision political parties, though parties appeared shortly later, much less a party dedicated to acting in bad faith whenever possible.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Assaulted by an errant spritz of windshield washer fluid, a responsible gun owner responds with politeness.
We are a failing state.
“It Must Be True. A Friend Shared It on Fakebook.” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Craig Harper explores why we fall for fake news and what we can do to avoid doing so. A snippet:
Follow the link for a few suggestions as to not fall down the many rabbit holes that surround us, especially on “social” media.
