
Some navel-gazing as I hunt down quality sources on critical thinking One would think this wouldn’t be so hard. Not to humblebrag or anything, but I’m not daft. I have a pretty […]
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.
Some navel-gazing as I hunt down quality sources on critical thinking One would think this wouldn’t be so hard. Not to humblebrag or anything, but I’m not daft. I have a pretty […]
Bullshit merchant Dana Loesch’s claim that the NRA isn’t a “lobby group” is patently false As a mostly impartial gadfly, I try hard to be fair. What I seek are sound arguments, […]
If 17 matter here but not 50,000 there, it’s not about kids Status update: Flu: day the next. Facebook: still a parade of sanctimonious headlines. Running out of fucks to give. Yes, […]
Caveat emptor: you’re not getting what you think you’re getting Attn: gun nerds…if there’s an error in here, please let me know. I will gladly update accordingly with corrections) With all due […]
That doesn’t mean the Democratic one isn’t just a placebo…or worse Update 17 Feb 2018 Now even less safe for work. [NSFW WARNING: Graphic content. You do NOT want to see the […]
Apparently snowflakes melt and fade away when they can’t stand the heat. “But Barnet said that Pruitt’s travels grew so tense that by May the agent in charge of his security detail […]
Good arguments require good facts My job as self-appointed Gadfly Supreme, Pedant General, and Defender of Truth, Justice, and /or the American Way is simple. I generally try to put my own […]
I’m all for food assistance. I’m not for junk food and luxury assistance. I’ve tried to make it a rule of thumb that if I’m typing furiously because someone is wrong on […]
Wherein I try a new troll…#indiesplaining As with everything else, I’m no expert. I’m just some rando doing some supposing about things when a headline catches the eye. Right now I’m thinking […]
Huck Finn and Harper Lee in the crosshairs Fox reports (yeah, yeah, I know): Minnesota school district removes To Kill a Mockingbird, Huckleberry Finn from required reading due to n-word. “It’s wrong. There […]