LATEST POSTS
Rating McDonald’s Mobile App
Published August 06, 2022What McDonald's offers today simply cannot compare or compete with what McDonald's once was....
Another Something to Think About
Published July 23, 2022What do privacy and democracy have in common?
And, Stupid People Shall “Inherit The Wind&#…
Published July 13, 2022Proverbs 11:29: He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart.
Journalistic Advocacy in Defending & Preservin…
Published July 12, 2022As Journalists, neither Thomas Paine nor Benjamin Franklin were objective.
On Stupidity
Published July 12, 2022 My view has always been that Trump managing to clear this bar only says something about the way that we think about intelligence
Inflation Is:
Published July 09, 2022There are some who see making a profit as an element or component of good citizenship and patriotism.
New Rules for Daily Behavior in a Shooting Gallery
Published July 05, 2022Highland Park is a Jewish neighborhood. Do you really think that was a coincidence?
A Poem for the 4th of July
Published July 01, 2022O, let America be America again— The land that never has been yet— And yet must be—the land where every man is free.
The Ruling in Dobbs and the 13th Amendment
Published July 01, 2022An astute constitutional originalist or textualist might easily conclude that forced pregnancy is subsumed into the phrase; "involuntary servitude".
Thomas is Clueless re Appointment to Supreme Court
Published June 28, 2022Clarence Thomas is on the Court because he's a special kind of house Negro and a garden variety hypocrite who got lucky...
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
Published June 25, 2022...the party of small government and conservative judicial restraint has brought the country beyond autocratic rule...
The Origin and History of The Big Lie
Published June 23, 2022“A lie can travel around the world and back again while the truth is lacing up its boots.”—Mark Twain
White Supremacy, The Grift that Keeps On Giving
Published June 21, 2022Trump has succeeded in instinctively tapping into this American reflex and created a persona made out of political whole cloth.
A Takeaway from the 1st Jan 6 public hearing
Published June 10, 2022If Trump was a black man...
The founding fathers’ implied promise of whi…
Published June 08, 2022Trump's MAGA movement and cult resonates, either intuitively or instinctively, with nearly half of the predominately white American population because of the compelling belief on their part that America 'belongs' to white folks....
Bang Bang
Published June 03, 2022This poem was originally written more than ten years ago. I didn't even remember writing it until Satya brought it back to my attention, which is just one of the many examples of how the right partner partners with the right partner.
Racism and Guns in America
Published May 31, 2022You want effective gun control? I've said this repeatedly: Advise and urge black people to exercise their 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms...
Coach Kerr Speaks Out Against Republican Inaction …
Published May 25, 2022In case you missed it. During the pregame press conference ahead of game 4 between the Warriors and Mavericks in Dallas, Texas:
A Question About Evidence, Proof and God
Published May 24, 2022In his book 'Faith v Fact', Jerry A Coyne raises a key question: whether the drama of 'creation' inevitably culminates in humans (or something like humans) who are capable of acknowledging the playwright.
Carlin destroys pro life conservatives in one minu…
Published May 19, 2022The hyperbolic punchline is as apt and accurate today as it was more than 20 years ago.
An oversimplified juxtaposition?
Published May 16, 2022The juxtaposition of the terms can explain, to a degree, the Trump phenomenon with a through line...
Lunar eclipse right now
Published May 15, 2022Go outside and look up
My latest thinking on Palestine
Published May 10, 2022This particular path comes from wondering about Palestinian self-determination. I’ve noticed that the Palestinians seem far more concerned with getting the Jews out of Israel than of getting their own country. The Palestinians have never had self-determination, not that they’re that old as a distinct people, but still they’ve never had it.
Ipswich
Published May 09, 2022Sometimes age startles me. I’m looking at buildings in the US that were around for at least a quarter of a century before Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi were born.
A Brief Subject Matter Inventory
Published May 03, 2022I didn't mention racism in America because there's a racial aspect or component to virtually everything that can be identified for inclusion in this inventory...
Musicians I found on YouTube during COVID
Published May 03, 2022Like everyone else, presumably, I spent a lot of time on YouTube during COVID. I ran across a few musicians whom I thought were worth learning about.
Prohibition, Abortion and The Bad Court
Published May 03, 2022A leaked memo indicates that five members of the sitting Supreme Court of the United States are on record favoring the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal in the United States, and raises serious questions about how the Court works.
Ban The Bullets, Not The Guns
Published April 20, 2022THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE THAT PROTECTS THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE, OWN OR MANUFACTURE AMMUNITION.
Fictional Car Facts About Tesla
Published April 18, 2022A brief note about how the New York Times talks down to its readers with simplistic summaries of complicated stories.
Selling Wind Power With Misleading News Leads
Published April 07, 2022Another example of media manipulation, this time from alternative energy advocates.
How Qualified Do You Have to Be?
Published April 05, 2022Black people have been saddled at birth with the burden of overcoming this social, political, legal, and cultural barrier through the entirety of the history of this country.Ginni and Clarence Thomas v 28 U.S. Code § 455
Published April 03, 2022If you really want to know where the bar is re spouses of federal judges, read the entire statute.
A story about Madeleine Albright
Published March 23, 2022"Did you notice who we just passed?" I asked my wife. She hadn't. "Madeline Albright." "You're right."
Va Fa Napoli
Published March 14, 2022The Ukrainians did not want the Russian warship there. Telling them to go to Naples seems like a reasonable thing to say in that circumstance.
Refugees and Racism
Published March 03, 2022As if being forced to become a refugee fleeing from war isn't psychologically and emotionally traumatic enough...
From Putin’s Bluff to Putin’s Invasion
Published March 02, 2022There is no straight line from Putin's bluff to Putin's invasion or to any one particular course of action.
“All We Know Is That We Don’t Know…”
Published February 28, 2022I like listening to him, and he’s even more interesting to watch while singing, and at the same time, he makes me want to punch his face flat.
Nukes
Published February 27, 2022Vladimir Putin recently brought up the idea of using nuclear weapons. When he talked about invading Ukraine he wasn’t bluffing. About using nuclear weapons, unless a Western invader enters Russia,
MOST POPULAR ARTICLES
Putin’s Bluff
LBJ, The Ides of March, and Voting Rights
Who are the good cops and where are they?
4,000 attempted murders that somehow don’t count
Color-blindness & Journalistic Objectivity
Nukes
Rock Bottom
Dear Madame Vice President
Who Watches the Watchers…and Who Watches Them?
Operation Warp Speed: Cutting Corners and Red Tape?
Where we are now
Reductio Ad Racism
Gohmert Says Street Violence Is only Recourse
Re The COVID Vaccine: White Folks First…Please
The Sum of Their Fears
THE GRAB BAG
Supermarket Automation at Wal-Mart
My Four-Day Book-Cover Challenge to BindleSnitch Writers
LBJ, The Ides of March, and Voting Rights
Torah and Gospel Justice–One Voice
How Bad Information Creeps Into Your Head
My Four-Day Book-Cover Challenge to BindleSnitch Writers – Day 3
Open Letter To AG Barr and the DOJ from the Black Students at Yale
My Brief, Brief Career in Ivy League Admissions
Movies: Concussion, SWVII, Hateful 8
“Local Neutering Barn Dance” on the Costa Del Sol!
Enemies of the People-Recalling the “Charlie Hebdo” Murders, Now
Skepticism, Cynicism, and Just Wars
My Wife Killed a Man and Stuffed Him in with the Linens
DID RUDY GIULIANI VIOLATE THE LOGAN ACT?
Dear Drew Brees…
Washington, We Have a Problem
COMMENT GRAB BAG
on Rating McDonald’s Mobile App: “Yes jpH, REALLY! Frutcakes and rattlesnakes at CPAC celebrate the lie and sing Carry Me Back to ‘ol virGINNY and…” Aug 8, 07:13
on Rating McDonald’s Mobile App: “Really? So there’s CASH FLOW + QUANT FLOW — an abacus click up the creek — legs of frogs: howling…” Aug 8, 03:48
on Rating McDonald’s Mobile App: “How did you find working with the revised layout for the posting page? When I resort to fast food hamburgers,…” Aug 6, 16:16
on Another Something to Think About: “I think that is right, Ron. And to state it optimistically; if we can look forward to some great genius…” Jul 26, 15:31
on Another Something to Think About: “I read a book more than a decade ago, that provides a chilling look at our assumptions. Entitled “The Right…” Jul 26, 10:05
LATEST COMMENTS