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.
Don’t understand me too quickly. It’s because of the way he disparages black Americans Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL), thinks that Congress and its staffers deserve a raise. First, to be sure, entry-level […]
As reported from the actual left Democrats Embrace Citizens United in Defense of Clinton Hill just loves her some big money in politics. And the party machinery that spent years on end […]
Wherein I “prove” logic can be fun, for me at least. Welcome to Day 1 of Logic 101. Don’t worry. It’s a one-day class. Actually, the “class” is only as long as it […]
Once again, the New York Times gives journalism a black eye with Oz coverage Looking at this chronology of the NYT’s coverage of the Oz story really makes me wonder why they’re […]
The GOP just isn’t trying hard enough Today, Robert Reich had this to say on Facebook: “Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, and other Republican hopefuls are already pushing to raise the eligibility age […]
I think both sides need to go back to the drawing table I just saw a video that left me in a bit of a quandary. Unfortunately, it’s embedded in a Facebook […]
It’s not even damned if we do, damned if we don’t. It’s just damned. Of course you’ve probably heard that Hillary has finally announced, on Twitter no less.
Now if only some sharp instrument could be used to amend his poison pen I don’t generally follow celebrity news because, well, there’s actually important things going on in the world. In […]
Because you haven’t heard this absolutely everywhere else already ABC reports: Hillary Clinton Was in Violation of State Dept. Policy for Nearly 6 Years First, the big guns, and from one side of […]
Pattern of biased policing in Ferguson doesn’t make Wilson easy to charge Via NBC: DOJ Says Officer Darren Wilson, Cop in Ferguson Case, Won’t Be Charged “But the Justice Department announced Tuesday after […]
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