Well, at least it’s out in the open now. Although it’s only been for about twenty years that I’ve closely followed the war between the two factions on the right, I’ve been aware of it since childhood, when the “Rockefeller … Continue reading →
It’s well worth reading the whole thing. An excerpt: Condemning that [Jan 6] riot does not allow, let alone require, echoing false claims in order to render the event more menacing and serious than it actually was. There is no … Continue reading →
Rush Limbaugh has died. RIP. Limbaugh had a huge effect on the right for many decades. I was not a listener, but I’m well aware that an enormous number of people were. I also know people who had their political … Continue reading →
There’s weather trouble and resultant power trouble in Texas. Here’s what’s going on there: Nearly half of Texas’ installed wind power generation capacity has been offline because of frozen wind turbines in West Texas, according to Texas grid operators. Wind … Continue reading →
These guys are good. Here are their recent discussions on the impeachment “trial” and the rule of law (the entire thing is a two-hour video, but I’ve cued up two rather short segments I think are especially fine): If you … Continue reading →
Commenter “Philip Sells” asks a good question: Does not Orwell’s concept of Newspeak presuppose something like Sapir-Whorf? And commenter “Frederick” responds this way: Yeah, it did, which lessened the book a bit for me…Reading it now is a little jarring… … Continue reading →
I’ve been writing about the problems with the story about Capitol Police Officer Sicknick’s cause of death since just a few days after it happened. It was clear even then that the report that Officer Sicknick had been hit in … Continue reading →
I’m not that old, but pedagogical practices in my youth seem absolutely archaic compared to whatever passes for education these days. For starters, we had Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday, and they were on their actual real birthdays: Lincoln on … Continue reading →
Here’s a little residual post-Valentine’s Day angst. I am struck by the similarity of the theme of both of these songs. I guess there are only a finite number of things you can say about heartbreak: Neil Young’s voice shouldn’t … Continue reading →
But the US Congress has covered itself with shame, as far as I’m concerned. A friend of mine likes to say, “No matter how cynical I get, it never seems to be cynical enough.” That’s the way I often feel, … Continue reading →
About six weeks ago, I wrote a post about walking songs, and in it I included a clip of Whitesnake singing “Here I Go Again.” A discussion – let’s just call it “lively” – ensued as to the pros and … Continue reading →
Several people have recommended that I read this extraordinarily powerful article by Natan Sharansky on the mental doubling that a person had to do in order to survive in the Soviet Union in which his father lived for most of … Continue reading →