Defensive Driving 0
H. Colleen Sinclair offers some pointers about how to safely navigate the Disinformation Superhighway.
Courting Disaster 0
Joe Patrice dissects the duplicity of Cannon’s law.
Myth Buster 0
In the course of a longer article how, in evaluating candidates for office, we need to look at the big picture when evaluating candidates for office, the Portland Press-Herald’s Victoria Hugo-Vidal makes a trenchant observation (emphasis added):
Follow the link for context.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness was in the bag.
When Words Come Back To Haunt . . . . 0
PoliticalProf notes the irony.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Indeed, methinks “social” media has contributed mightily to the coarseness of dis coarse discourse. Persons on “social” media forget that their discourse is public and have turned the public arena into a locker roon.
American Taliban 0
Sam and the crew discuss Josh Hawley’s attempt to normalize right-wing evangelical they-call-themselves Christians.
Patriot Gamers 0
David points out that Marjorie Taylor Greene seems–er–somewhat confused about historical facts.
I trained as an historian. History matters. History is how we got to be where we are.
Those who distort history distort (and disdain) truth.
More Mean for the Sake of Mean 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Charles Hebert looks at the recent decision by the Supreme Supremacist Court allowing jurisdictions to criminalize homelessness; he sees no good coming from it.
He makes four main points. Follow the link for a detailed exploration of each one.
- The Supreme Court decision on homelessness has downstream detrimental effects on vulnerable individuals.
- Persons experiencing homelessness often suffer with mental illness.
- The involuntary displacement of unsheltered individuals with substance use disorders increases overdose risk.
- The Covid-19 pandemic has magnified the number of those experiencing homelessness.