The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
Historian Alfred McCoy is not sanguine (and I fear believe that he is far more right than wrong in his predictions).
Denial Is Not Just a River in Egypt 0
It is also a key element in the strategy of American racists and bigots going back over a century and a half.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Aside:
One more time, “accidental” and “negligent” are not synonyms. This child will bear the weight of his parents’ negligence for the rest of his life.
Things You Can Bank On 0
You can bank on the notion that this fellow chose the wrong line of work.
Crisis Authors 0
At the Washington Monthly, Lindsay M. Chervinsky dissects Republicans’ strategy. Here’s the nutshell, follow the link for the full exposition (emphasis added).
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
One wonders, was it the antlers or the fluffy white tail?
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
All the News that Fits 0
Fox news staffers’ texts reveal “the Trump Fox feedback loop.”
Opportunity Cost 0
Gabriel Young points to news reports that the two decades the United States spent accomplishing almost nothing in Afghanistan (aside from the capture of Bin Laden) suggests that, as a society and a government, the United States is incapable of rational cost-benefit analysis. Here’s a bit; follow the link for his ideas about what might have been more effective use of those trillions.
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In addition to the immeasurable human toll, the Associated Press reports that the US spent over 2 trillion dollars on direct costs of the Afghanistan war alone (Knickmeyer, 2021). The AP points out that because the funds for the war were borrowed, the total cost of merely the war itself could easily exceed 6.5 trillion dollars, in addition to 2 trillion more on future care for veterans and 6 trillion on top of that already spent on other aspects of the War on Terror, which will also incur spectacular interest if not paid off. All told, the cost of the Afghanistan war and related efforts could easily add up to between 10 and 20 trillion dollars.
Vaccine Nation 0
At the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Kevin McDermott marvels at the stupid. A snippet:
“Steal MAGAnolias” 0
As Farhad Manjoo points out, we live in parlous times. Here’s a bit of his article:
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Jeremy Sherman offers a taxonomy of hypocrisy.