2022 archive
Words Have Meaning 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., in responding to some critical comments he has received, finds it necessary to read the dictionary for his critics.
“Facts Are What People Think” 0
Hal MacDonald, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, explores why persons refuse to accept proven facts. He opens his article with a conversation he overheard at the barbershop:
When the man to whom he was speaking politely but skeptically asked where he had stumbled upon that particular explanation, the proponent of the venom theory of COVID was completely unfazed. “It’s a scientific fact,” he said. “A well-known chiropractor has done a ton of research on the subject.”
Follow the link for his thoughts about why some persons are susceptible to such claptrap and what can be done about it.
Lest We Forget 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Portland Oregonian has a suggestion for a new national holiday.
Recommended Listening 0
Kimberley A, Johnson’s interview of Keri Blakinger, particularly the second half, in which Blakinger describes her experiences in prison.
Facebook Frolics 0
The restaurant that posted this claims it did not realize what this was, which leads one to the question: which is worse, conscious, intentional bigotry or ignorant unthinking bigotry?
Personally, methinks it’s a toss-up.
But the Emails . . . . 0
Aside:
Emma is, as my old boss* used to say, in error.
The Justice Department’s policy as regards investigations during election season is not to pause existing investigations. Rather, it’s to require the Secretary’s approval to institute new investigations.
Learn more here.
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*I may have mentioned this before, but I once asked my old boss–he was my first boss in a full-time job and an absolute pleasure to work for–how he got to be such a good boss.
He thought for a moment, then said, “I think about what my first boss would have done. Then I do the exact opposite.”
Great Moments in Dumb 0
Aside:
It’s been a long time since I’ve been that drunk, but, if I ever get that drunk again, Walmart would be the last place I’d want to go.
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