Political Theatre category archive
Legacy, Headline of the Day Dept. 0
A new term enters international discourse.
Aside:
I do not know enough about the politics of Brexit (other than I think Great Britain has shot itself in the foot) to have an opinion on the substance of the news story.
Nevertheless, I find it simultaneously appalling (because I’m capable of shame) and amusing (because I know poetic justice when I see it) that the name of our previous federal executive is now a portmanteau for “arbitrary, capricious, petty, and stupid.”
(Re)define Your Terms 0
PoliticalProf notes a trend (emphasis added):
Follow the link for his suggestions.
Rand Gestures 0
Warning: Short commercial at the 6:30 mark.
The Rule of Lawless 0
In a longer article cataloguing the many Capitol rioters who outed themselves on “social” media during their brief time in that building, the AP includes what I think is a telling comment:
On that same topic, can you do soul-searching if you have no soul?
All the News that Fits 0
Gene Collier looks at the deep distrust with which some Americans view the news media and considers the source(s). A snippet (emphasis added):
In a related vein, Beth Rabinowitz offers a look back at the era of yellow journalism and how objectivity became a journalistic value.
(Broken link fixed.)
Inside Jobs 0
Benjamin Carter sounds a warning. An excerpt; follow the link for the rest (emphasis added).
Imagine if the courts had been more generously stocked with judges willing to entertain the Trump campaign’s ludicrous arguments.
Above all, imagine if Trump had been a bit more competent, a bit more strategic, a bit more daring. . . .
It is much more common for democracies to be undermined by seemingly legal actions taken from within than by violence from without.
This Too Shall Pass. Or Not. 0
In contemplating life after Trumpling, Frances Coleman is somewhat optimistic.
Martin Longman is not so sanguine.