“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s idol of lead.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
Via Juanita Jean.
The Personification 0
At the Portland Press-Herald, letter-writer Richard McWilliams nails it.
Disparate Impact 0
Field reacts to the Supreme Supremacist Court’s decision on affirmative action. The whole piece is worth a read, but this bit in particular caught my eye:
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
Republicans: Loan forgiveness for me, but not for thee.
Stray Thought, Mongers of Hate Dept. 0
Mark Twain observed that history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
Methinks that there is a rhyme between the current kerfuffle over gay and trans kids and rumors of groomers and Joe McCarthy’s “Red Scare” of the 1950s.
Just off the top of my head: Both were created and promoted by politicians craving power and influence, both tap visceral emotions and fears, both glorify victimizing innocents, both allow persons to feel virtuous about irrational and unjust acts.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Psychologist Kevin Cokley rips the curtain off the Supreme Supremacist Court’s recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions and says what went unsaid.
Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Follow the link for a thoughtful exploration of this issue.
The Crypto Con and the Candidate 0
The Majority report crew discuss RFK Jr.’s endorsement of Bitcoin. In the process, they dig into the con behind the crypto.
A Quibble:
I understand why Emma fell into the trap of referring to traditional money as “fiat currency,” but, honest to Pete, no currency is more fiat than crypto.
It is backed by no one and nothing and survives only because persons believe in it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
An oxymoronic “responsible gun owner” chose to pack his politeness for the plane.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Unprecedented 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice argues convincingly that our current Supreme Supremacist Court is just making stuff up; he considers their ruling about the web designer who didn’t want to do a website for a gay couple despite never having been asked to do a website for a gay couple. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
I commend the rest of his article to your attention.
Vaccine Nation 0
Honest to Betsy, these lying liar anti-vaxxers will latch onto anything to promote their perfidies and imperil the polity.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Sunk, One More Time 0
Rebecca Watson points out that the Titan submersible did not sink because of “wokeness,” despite the claims of right-wing nutjobs.
It sank because of stupid.
And, in the spirit of woke and in anticipation of the recent decision by the Supreme Supremacist Court, she also makes some telling points about the value of diversity.
Or you can read the transcript.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet more pistol-pumping politeness on the pavement.
Numbers Gaming 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Christopher J. Ferguson makes a strong case that the recent dip in school children’s test scores on the NEAP standardized test was not nearly so severe nor so alarming as depicted by (some) press reports and politicians. He points out:
When we look at the official charts released for the NAEP, we can see a small 4-point drop in reading and a larger 9-point drop in math.
. . . even across 5 decades, scores overall didn’t change very much. For reading, scores improved slightly over time before becoming largely static since 2012, then dropping a bit during Covid. Math scores improved a bit more, then dropped a tiny bit since 2012, then more rapidly during Covid. Since scores can range 500 points, how worrisome is a drop of 4 or even 9 points?
Follow the link for his answer to his (admittedly rhetorical) question.
(Broken link fixed.)