2024 archive
The Paper Trail 0
Seth looks at recent events in Trump’s documents case.
You Can Bet on It 0
Sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro:
Afterthought:
I don’t know about you, but I spell “gamble” L-O-S-E.
The Handmaid’s Fail 0
David discusses Katie Britt’s groveling self-serving misdirection play* about who’s to blame for her ludicrous and fallacious response to the State of the Union address. (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
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*Ask me nicely, I’ll tell you what I really think.
All the News that Fits 0
Thom points out that mongering fear boosts ratings for television stations sells.
Designing Dystopia 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch takes a long look at Donald Trump’s plans for his presidency, should he win in this fall’s election, and fears that Americans are sleepwalking into dictatorship.
No excerpt or summary can do his piece justice. Just go read it.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
In the midst of a longer article about the Taylor Swift Super Bowl conspiracy theory, Margot Ford McMillen captures the essence of dis coarse discourse:
To Whitewash or Not To Whitewash, That Is the Question . . . . 0
Writing at the Des Moines Register, an Episcopal pastor and descendant, as he recently learned, of slaveholders ponders on what to tell his young son about his family’s past. It is a thoughtful and worthwhile read; here’s tiny bit:
Is this really how we want to raise our children — sheltering them from historical complexity and implying that they don’t have the strength to reckon with their peoples’ past?
Republican Family Values 0
Afterthought:
They want to ban TikTok for disinformation, but they refuse to do anything about Fox News and its dupes, symps, and fellow travelers.
Trapped by the Transcript 0
David dissects the duplicity. (Warning: Short commercial at the end, but you can certainly skip that.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Actions have consequences. Here’s the lede from the news report at my old Philly NPR station:
Aside:
I became a member of the NAACP when George W. Bush was elected president. (One does not have to be a “colored person” to support the NAACP.) Somehow, I sensed that the Republican Party was headed in the wrong direction. I must say, though, I did not realize just how wrong a direction it was.
I am not sanguine.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Show politeness to our furry friends.
Suffer the Children 0
Marie Antoinette (allegedly) said, “Let them eat cake.”
Republican governors and attorneys-general definitely say, “Let them drink lead.”
Afterthought:
I think it not an exaggeration to suggest that today’s Republican Party has abandoned the concept of the “common good.”
The Tactics of the Trumpling 0
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier looks at the tactics of Donald Trump and the Trumpettes and concludes
Follow the link to learn how he reached that conclusion.
