Long-term Trumpian effects (Feb., 2020)
February 4, 2020 Since the 2016 election, I have worked so hard to minimize belief in long-term effects of the Trump administration—to view these four(!) years as an agonizing hiatus…
February 4, 2020 Since the 2016 election, I have worked so hard to minimize belief in long-term effects of the Trump administration—to view these four(!) years as an agonizing hiatus…
As a graying radical who often voted for a 3rd-party candidate (Nader in 2000 was the last) and is still sympathetic to that principle, for the current election I must…
This commentary is in relation to a troubling web posting of: https://medium.com/@CynicalXennial/unmasking-the-truth-cdc-and-hospital-administrators-are-endangering-us-all-b601012f81be. Like many others, I have sometimes been hornswoggled by outraged claims on the web or in e-mails. Of…
This is (for me) a highly informative article from March 25, 2020, the content of which seems based on solid, very recent information: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-will-coronavirus-end/608719/ I have noticed that occasionally, smart…
Context of this post (April 3, 2020): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/03/us/coronavirus-stay-home-rich-poor.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage&fbclid=IwAR1KXL2jvw0fCIAZSRc9PP41Z0y_Y0ErH-N4w4bQm9Kww3CSHGIzErqjhPA Why am I not surprised at the overall disparities illustrated in this NY Times article? (I’m assuming that on the whole, it’s…
1. Metaphysical explanations As far back and as widely distributed around the globe as we have found written records, divine wrath has been just around the community corner for peoples…
Language and its discontents This chapter is an introduction to a study of Tudor attitudes towards language, and especially about disputes over its proper use. Shaped by Renaissance humanism and…
Some of you will remember, and I hope others have learned about, the civil rights struggle of the late 50s and through the 60s. (Of course at important levels, it’s…
A few months back, I joined the local branch of Next Door, a nationwide "service" for communities members to talk to each other. Early on I encountered frequent right-wing posts,…