2022 archive
Recommended Listening 0
The Deep Lake Mystery, by Carolyn Wells.
It’s not a great mystery, but it’s a good story.
I must admit that the conclusion is rather contrived. Nevertheless, the author’s use of language to create atmosphere is exceptional. Indeed, I have downloaded several more of her stories from Librivox and look forward to listening to them.
All That Was Old Is New Again, Reprise 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts celebrates an honest Republican. A nugget:
“We should have voting, in my opinion, in person, one day on paper, with no electronic means and hand counting that day,” he said, during a Wednesday hearing on an election bill. “We need to get back to 1958-style voting.”
Ah yes, 1958, the golden era for those of a certain hue. The good old days when we could use literacy tests and poll taxes to keep certain people (you know who you are) from having a vote.
More celebration at the link.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Will Bunch looks at the current right-wing freak-out over book learnin’. A snippet:
Image via Job’s Anger.
Racism Supreme 0
Thom discusses today’s Republican Party’s embrace of racism as it relates to the recent vacancy on the Supreme Court.
The Omission 0
John Young has a quibble with dis coarse discourse:
Follow the link to find out what was left out.
Thought Police 0
Michael in Norfolk discusses the right-wing’s war on thoughts. A snippet:
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
If politeness starts to cost insurance companies money, well, we can expect some interesting clauses in new insurance policies from here on out.
Credo 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock posits what he believes to the underlying principles of the dominant faction within today’s Republican Party.
Follow the link to decide whether you think he’s onto something.
Still Rising Again . . . . 0
At the San Francisco Chronicle, Andrew Straus suggests that the United States could learn from how Germany deals with the legacy of Nazism and the Holocaust.
In the course of the discussion, he gets to the nub of the current fuss in the United States over critical race theory and “divisive concepts” (emphasis added):
I commend the entire piece to your attention.
Conceptualizing Governor Trumpkin 0
Noting the Virginia’s new Republican governor wants to ban “divisive concepts” from public schools, Jim Marchman, writing at The Roanoke Times, wonders precisely what that term encompasses. For example:
Afterthought:
Of course, Marchman purposely misses the point to make his point.
As Paul Krugman pointed out (see below), a “divisive concept” is nothing more than one which makes Governor Trumpkin and his dupes, symps, and fellow travelers feel uncomfortable.