Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Christopher Dale is less than optimistic, and I fear he has reason.
Supply Change 0
Sam and his crew talks with professor Laleh Khalili about the global supply chain backups.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Usher in the New Year with politeness.
Red Scare Redux 0
At the Idaho State Journal, retired professor Wayne Schow takes issue with Doyle Beck’s hyperventilating over a little bit of social safety netting. He explains that democratic socialism and Soviet style communism are not, in fact, the same thing, a distinction of which methinks many Americans are similarly unaware (as many seem also unaware of the concept of the “common good”).
Here’s a bit from his essay; follow the link for the rest.
Words Matter 0
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Shoot first, ask questions later.
“My husband made a mistake and shot her because he thought she was an intruder,” the mother said. “She was in our garage and my husband just didn’t know what was going on. Oh, my God.”
Thus passeth another day in NRA paradise.
We are a broken society.
Stray Thought 0
It is notable that about the only bit of speculation in the speculative movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey, that has come close to fruition is HAL, the malevolent computer.
A History of Historical Hysteria 0
The Kansas City Star’s Melinda Henneberger reminds us that denying reality in times of crisis is not unprecedented. Here’s a tiny excerpt:
Not unlike Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who went ahead and hosted his annual fall festival last year, or South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who in the middle of the delta spike called the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in her state a fun and “fantastic event,” the governor of Milan prioritized the prince’s birthday party. He did so, Manzoni said, “without troubling himself with the danger which would result from so great a concourse of people at such a time.”
The full article is well worth your while.
Equal Justice under the Law 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun reminds us that some people are more equal than others,
Road Hazards 0
It is generally considered unwise to drive in a blizzard. I had to do it once and it was one of the scariest experiences of my life.
Mind you, it wasn’t a blizzard when I started out. We broke up our meeting early to beat the snow, but the snow won. Somehow, I made it home in my Chevette–a half-drive that took an hour and a half–where we remained snowed in for the better part of a week.
Sadly, we seem to be nearing peak unwisdom.
Afterthought:
I was living in Arlington, Va., at the time. That was the storm in which a jet crashed into the Potomac.
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
In a fascinating example of history’s repeating itself, Karen Dunn and Roberta A. Kaplan explain how the increased racist militancy and violence of the New Secesh has breathed new life into the Ku Klux Klan act of 1871.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As we are repeated reminded, a polite society is a clean society.
Again, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.