August, 2022 archive
451 Fahrenheits 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Jesse Robison considers the recent resurgence of book banning in the United States. Here’s a bit of his piece; follow the link for his reasoning.
Merchants of Death 0
Ryan Busse joins Thom to share why he changed from being gun user to campaigning against their use in the US.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And yet another child . . . .
Going Viral 0
And, when something goes viral enough, it becomes a pestilence.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
Stanford’s Sam Wineburg and Nadav Ziv point out that the clock is TikToking.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
Republicans lie because the truth is not their friend.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
They played with politeness.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Activating Acting Out 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mark Travers discusses anger as a conscious tactic. He focuses on sports, but, given the state of dis coarse discourse, I think his article can help understand some of the political tactic we see daily, particularly on the right.
Vaccine Nation 0
Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as poetic justice.
