March, 2023 archive
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
I do like my Daddy’s music. Although I think he tended to favor Tommy Dorsey . . . .
Aside:
If you can, watch The Benny Goodman Story, starring Steve Allen and Donna Reed. It’s very nicely done.
War and Mongers of War 0
Sam argues that no credibility should today be given to those who mongered the Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie in Iraq, regardless of how they in retrospect attempt to legitimatize their lies.
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock argues that today’s right-wing wants to roll back America’s clock to the 1950s.
Personally, I think he’s off by about precisely a century, but his article is worth a read.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
Sound Familiar? 0
Does this remind you of anyone in the news?
Foxy Shady 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun offers an analogy to Tucker Carlson’s attempt to portray the January 6th assault on the Capitol as peaceful tourists snapping photos.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD 0
Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards and Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern:
Mary: Chocolate solves nothing.
Rhoda: Oh no. Cottage cheese solves nothing, Chocolate can do it all.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
I must say, I’m relieved that my days of hopping on airplanes once or twice a month are behind me.
Afterthought:
I’m so old that I can remember when traveling on an airline was a pleasant experience, when seats were wide enough to accommodate normal anatomy, and when one’s fellow travelers behaved themselves in a civilized manner.
Thought Police 0
Susan Young, opinion editor at the Bangor Daily News, looks at the current wave of attempts to ban books and points out it is ultimately about control. A snippet; follow the link for the complete article.
The Business of America Is Giving America the Business 0
My local rag comments on what happens when you run the government like a business.
One Thing Is Not Like the Other Thing 0
The image is from a blistering take-down of both-siderism at Stanford Law at Above the Law. I commend the article to your attention.
