Let’s look at this. First, what’s the risk of death by terrorism?
Is there anything less scary than a terrorist?
Frank Balsinger
Lifelong student with interests a mile wide and an inch deep. Autodidact. Pedant, hopefully of the slightly more pleasant sort. Sharer of things learned along the way. Lately of a creative bent.
Pence and fetal funerals, all sturm, no drang
“Thinking” about personhood. Mother Jones: Pence Signed a Law Requiring Burial or Cremation for Aborted Fetuses Pence, whom Donald Trump announced as his vice presidential running mate on Friday, signed the law […]
Pew Research, February data, and Trump’s assault on separation of church and state
ZOMG, it must be a right-wing plot! Maybe. But Pew Research posted this data on the relationship between U.S. religious groups and their political leanings not so very long ago. Consider this […]
Commies and Hillary and Satan, oh my!
There’s truth, and there’s truth. Re: Ben Carson connects Clinton to Satan in convention address @ Yahoo News “Her senior thesis was about Saul Alinsky,” said Carson. “This was someone that she […]
What’s a little martial law between friends?
Wait, isn’t that what they’re asking for? Cleveland Police Calling for Open Carry Ban at RNC After Baton Rouge Shootings This just gets touchier and more complex as the hours roll by. […]
New Yorker starts analysis of Trump with, “honestly…”
What have we learned about that? Well, actually, the headline is just a hair away from that, “Being honest about Trump.” I think it qualifies, though. So would WSJ in this piece, […]
#WhichCorpsesMatter
That’s what I want to know Here’s my big reason to care about the #BlackLivesMatter versus #AllLivesMatter jousting match. I’m not the sentimental sort. I don’t have a deeply personal interest in the deeply […]
Cui bono: how did Berrien County, Michigan hit the headlines?
Horse race reportage, part umpteen. Special Edition: Not Election Coverage I first spotted this tragic news at BBC, when there wasn’t yet anything world newsworthy about it, even from their own coverage […]
Why does Roger Ailes want to see Mississippi burn?
Or Rudy Giuliani or the rest of the crew at Fox News? Let me set this straight very simply. Someone punches me in the face. Repeatedly. I manage to get up and […]
#blacklivesmatter versus #alllivesmatter
White man ISO white people to explain something to me I have yet to take a strong stand on this whole #blacklivesmatter and #alllivesmatter and #bluelivesmatter and #enoughwiththehashtagsmatter issue, and I’m fairly […]
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