The Virtue of Tuning Out
Not letting the deluge of news overwhelm and demoralize you is a challenge of this age–but not an insurmountable one.
Tagged: media
Against the State of the Union
A brief polemic against the most monarchical, overblown, tedious piece of political entertainment in the American system,
Outrage: To Love “A Good Hate”
In these circumstances, outrage sells even better, and it seems to be a race to the bottom in terms of stoking public anger.
Make The Marketplace of Ideas Great Again: Combating Disinformation Will Take All Hands
Authoritarianism thrives in disinformation and cynicism, and when reality fails, our immune response to authoritarianism fails.
Is Tucker Carlson The Next Trump?
The idea that Tucker Carlson could win the fanatical devotion that characterizes many Trump supporters is ludicrous
Unworthy Schemers, Demographics, and Nothing New Under The Sun
If you listen to them closely enough, the unworthy schemers always will tell you it is all about them. We should believe them when they do.
Not An Escalation of Trumpism, An Acceleration of Consequences
As long as Trump commands the base, Trumpism will become the face of a once respectable, sorely missed conservative party.
But My Group Wants to Parler All The Time, Parler All The Time
Is the latest Twexit to Parler really the changing of the social media guard, or is something else going on here?
Hanlon’s Razor and Why It Is Being Violated
People like Josh Hawley know what the end result of what they propose to do will be. Malice is the only word for it.
Dancing In A Constant Feedback Loop: The Big Sort and COVID
Depending on the media you consume, COVID-19 is either a mild sickness blown out of proportion…or it is the end of America as we know it.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Orphans of Failure Edition
“Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.” So for Harsh Your Mellow Monday let us talk about some of those orphans of failure.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Mission Creep and Opposite the Editors Edition
The dangers of mission creep in push for police reform, who watches the opinion section watchers of the New York Times, and stats that aren’t helpful.
Harsh Your Mellow Monday: Answer the Question Edition
Joe Biden, Charlamagne tha God, The Breakfast Club, Kayleigh McEnany, Jonah Goldberg, Donald Trump, Ann Coulter, and Bernie Sanders supporters in this edition of Harsh Your Mellow Monday
Contact Tracing: What If People Don’t Own Smart Phones?
The “mandatory app” approach to contact tracing relies on most (almost all) people having that technolog
Trump Digression Index: The Trump Corollary to Godwin’s Law
The diversion of seemingly every discussion, TV show, and internet forum toward Trump can now be measured. Call it the Trump Digression Index.
The Well Made Bed, Ready for Lying
How you feel about this current fourth season of the ongoing #1 rated reality show in America “President Trump vs The Media” will color how you feel about such things.
In Case You Missed It, It Isn’t 2009: Pandemics Then and Now
The biggest difference between the current coronavirus and comparisons to H1N1 in 2009 isn’t who is president, or the media. It’s us.
