A lie…
…gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its boots on. And so does a faked photo on Twitter. That “truth” quote is one of my favorite quotes, but I’m fascinated by how many versions … Continue reading →
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More on that tedious Google flap
The article of the day is this by Cynthia Lee entitled, “I’m a woman in computer science. Let me ladysplain the Google memo to you.” Lee is “a lecturer in the computer science department at Stanford…[with] a PhD in high-performance … Continue reading →
Obama knew about those little North Korean nukes
The Obama administration was aware of the threat by 2013. But it didn’t go with the narrative, you see: It was clear what Obama officials were doing in 2013. The DIA report represented inconvenient facts that threatened President Obama’s North … Continue reading →
I found this fragment of a draft for a post that I wrote on July 15 and never published
Looking over the news today, do you feel as tired as I do? And I don’t just mean about the continuing Donald Trump Jr. saga. I mean about the fact that it’s practically worthless, except as propaganda. That’s been somewhat … Continue reading →
In their eagerness to skewer Trump…
…the New York Times goofs again. Their desperation has caused them to relax their already loose standards to the point where they ought to be overcome with embarrassment. They are not.
Continue reading →This is what the WSJ thinks of Trump’s North Korean fire-breathing
Here’s their editorial: The President’s point was that the North’s escalating threats are intolerable; he didn’t set any red lines. True to form, Pyongyang responded by putting the U.S. island of Guam in its cross hairs. Mr. Trump may be … Continue reading →
Thomas Sowell and Ebony
After writing a post yesterday on Thomas Sowell, I happened to see this today: As for Sowell, he’s…an economist and writer whom playwright David Mamet once called “our greatest contemporary philosopher.” Sowell, who never knew his father, was raised by … Continue reading →
What do you think of Trump’s saber-rattling towards North Korea?
Or shall we call it fire-breathing? In trying to ascertain what would work best with North Korea, I come up with the answer “nothing.” They’re been on a very bad and very belligerent course for a long time. That said, … Continue reading →
Tribute to Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell is a kind of hero of mine. I’ve written about him many times before, and I miss him since his (well-earned) retirement. He’s one of the clearest and most original thinkers as well as one of the most … Continue reading →
On job discrimination, gender and otherwise
Commenter Richard Aubrey makes a point that isn’t unusual, and seems quite logical: To say men and women differ in their capability is gender essentialism, which I am told is a Very Bad Thing. But you need to say it … Continue reading →
Nazis vs. Communists
When I first saw this tweet, I thought it very clever: Difference between Nazi and Communist is when you say how horrible Nazis have been, they don’t say “Well, real Nazism has never been tried.” It brought forth a wry … Continue reading →
Google engineer who wrote wrongthink memo is Summersed
I don’t need to go into all the details, because if you follow this link you can get up to speed on them. But the gist of the story is that a senior engineer at Google wrote an internal memo … Continue reading →