Monthly Archive: October 2022
Taking Adantage of Ye
Despite his anti-Semitic ravings, I have sympathy for Ye and want him to get help. No, my anger is at the people who are taking advantage of this man.
Ten Second News Links and Open Thread for the week of 10/17/22
Open thread for halfway through October
Ordinary Times’ First Annual Halloween Watchlist: Week 2
This week we’re getting all psychological up in here as we explore the darkness of suburban life, the pain of moving on, and the horrific domino effects that lead a society into authoritarianism.
The Joys of Collective Failure
In fairness, not all collective failures are like the stock photos above, however.Sometimes there are systems involved that encourage collective failure.
Sunday Morning! “The Monkey’s Wrench” by Primo Levi
Primo Levi is best remembered as one of the great novelists of the Holocaust; he was one of the few Italian Jews sent to Auschwitz who survived, and he wrote about it
Could the GOP Make Hay Out of Dobbs?
Answering the problem of the GOP dog having caught the Roe V. Wade car with the Dobbs ruling this past summer
The 1930s and the Perils of a Failed Europe
The governments of Europe must fight the crisis with all of the ingenuity they can muster, or risk returning to the failed Europe of the 1930s
The 3/5th Compromise & James Madison’s Crystal Flute
“I’m Founding Father Ben Franklin, and I’ve got a friend named James Madison who wants you to make him a flute out of this mysterious crystal skull that he had stolen from some innocent BIPOC in Peru.”
POETS Day! Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke is considered one of the War Poets but he’s remarkably different in tone from what we’ve come to expect when we hear that term.
Weekend Plans Post: A Quick Return to 2020
A week spent in quarantine. It wasn’t as bad this time, though.
From The New York Times: The Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously Thursday to issue a subpoena to Donald Trump
The Jan. 6 committee voted unanimously Thursday to issue a subpoena to Donald Trump to question him about his role in events that led to the violence that consumed the Capitol.
Alex Jones And All The Money in the World
The trial made two things clear: Sandy Hook families were subject to horrendous suffering because of Alex Jones. And that he did not care.
From the AP: ACT test scores drop to lowest in 30 years in pandemic slide
The class of 2022′s average ACT composite score was 19.8 out of 36, marking the first time since 1991 that the average score was below 20.
