Comments on: Ah, the trials of a blogger!

By: J.J.

J.J. — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 17:17:17 +0000

Good stuff, expat. We are a decent people, but much of it is overshadowed by the progressive mantra of shame, loathing, and class division they project on our society.

By: charles

charles — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 17:04:01 +0000

Expat; I went to public high school over 40 years ago – and ALL those involved in sports were required to wear slacks (not jeans) and a dress shirt and tie for game/event days.

Even the girls involved in field hockey, cheerleading, etc. were required to wear dresses on those days.

So, this isn’t new, or at least, it should not be.

By: expat

expat — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 13:42:59 +0000

Dirty Jobs Guy,
I think that rappers and models have replaced the people who were previously known for their accomplishments.

By: DirtyJobsGuy

DirtyJobsGuy — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 13:26:11 +0000

The whole idea of Celebrity in current culture (Yes there is a Trump link to this but hey). Watching old bugs bunny cartoons you can see constant references to famous symphony conductors, operas and classic paintings. The broad movie house audience was expected to know them and get the joke. You also had famous military personages, sports figures, scientists (mad and not mad), aviators and aviatrixes and more.

Has our spectrum of celebrities gotten narrower or is it too diffuse to recognize?

By: expat

expat — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 11:33:10 +0000

J.J.,
Here’s another one for you:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2016/09/30/teen-who-walked-two-hours-to-work-surprised-by-cop-who-buys-him-bike/?wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

When people deal with people and not victim groups, you find a lot to love in our country.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 07:01:07 +0000

steve.c: Thanks. This sheds some light on how it's done.

By: J.J.

J.J. — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 03:16:38 +0000

Great link, expat. It made me all smiley inside. 🙂

By: parker

parker — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 23:45:35 +0000

Gardening?

By: steve.c

steve.c — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:47:58 +0000

Given that there’s a lot of hyperventilating about “handing over control of the internet” to the UN (which is a yuuuuuge overstatement), there seems to be a bit of dialog popping up regarding how the “internet” has changed all our social and political interactions.

(I say “internet” in quotes, because it’s only the stuff that runs on top of the internet that enables all this. The internet itself is just a fault-tolerant way to move information. Yes, I’m a pedantic techie.)

Case in point: Ms. Noonan’s recent WSJ column decrying the shallowness of our current intellect, and how we got this way.

Or other conversations I’ve noted about what we would do if it really was broken. (Which is not as easy as so many think.)

Finally, I wish I had half the energy it takes to reason out and draft a post like your prior one. The time it takes to internalize one is but a fraction of what it takes to write one. I don’t know how you do it.

By: Geoffrey Britain

Geoffrey Britain — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:49:33 +0000

expat,

A yuge step in the right direction.