Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Putting the Socialism Back into Social Media

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A few days ago, I saw this on Twitter: Today I am thinking about how grateful I am for Twitter. I know lots will thi...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

Review: Jaron Lanier, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now

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★★★★ This book is what I have come to expect from Jaron Lanier: a snarky, exasperating introduction to some valuable and interesting ide...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

The border. I was right. Wish I had been wrong.

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Me, back in 2008 : Oh, you hominids could make the border into a killing field, make a feast for us corvids. That would stop them from c...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Wall Street Democrats For The Lose

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A scathing opinion of Seth Moulton and the anti-Pelosi faction from R J Eskow: Wall Street is leading the attack on Pelosi . This ersatz...
Monday, November 19, 2018

White Women Voting

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How many women are threatened into their votes by their partners? How many are pressured in other ways ? It may be that white women are l...
Monday, November 12, 2018

Gloating More: Reflections on a Blue Wave

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Yes! The Democrats took the House and credibly defended a difficult map in the Senate. I hope there will now be more checks on Trump a...
Sunday, November 4, 2018

Review: Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise

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(Crossposted to Goodreads.) “And for what purpose? Why are we encouraging the spread of this lunacy? I mean we here, in North America. I ...