2024 archive
“I Don’t Care If It’s True, It’s What I Believe” 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jessica Koehler explores why persons cling to beliefs even when they are demonstrably false, aka “belief persistence,” and offers some techniques for combating it. A snippet:
Given the debased state of dis coarse discourse, this is a valuable read; I commend it to your attention.
“The Gorilla Code” 0
Sam and the crew take a deep dive into the Republican world of weird.
Words fail me.
Republican Thought Police 0
In Republican World, historical fact is a “divisive concept.”
How Can You Tell Someone Is in a Cult? 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, Peter Rowland offers some indicators.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
The editorial board of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch looks at the flood of racist, sexist slurs with which Republicans have responded to the presidential run of Vice President Harris and concludes that, well, they just can’t help themselves. Here’s a tiny bit of their editorial:
Asking such epic restraint is clearly asking too much.
Republican Family Values 0
Thom runs the numbers.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Gunnutery does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.*
___________________
*With apologies to Mark Twain.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but If Often Rhymes”* 0
Now comes Roseann Foley Henry, writing at Psychology Today Blogs, who hears a rhyme.
________________
*Mark Twain.
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
Mario Lanza’s “imitation sequence” from The Seven Hills of Rome.
The movie’s plot is, well, less than stellar, but the scenery and the singing make it well worth a watch.
