Saturday 5/14/16 Checking psychological junk Obama gives the GOP a Wedgie Boot-licking sycophants Perverse persistence of Papacy All About You “Classical” music Ronda Roussey knows better Naked Emperors Continue reading “Saturday 5/14/16” →
Friday the 13th Advice for the future Ted Cruz Terra Incognita Godspeed, John Not to persuade, convince, or inform, but to humiliate The Unholy Trinity Je suis un loser Continue reading “Friday the 13th” →
Tuesday, 5/10/16 Straw man revisited The Onion: Your Source for Prophetic Insight Don’t try to shut folks out SBC and the Genetic Fallacy Trump as Franco, not Mussolini? Ironies abound Continue reading “Tuesday, 5/10/16” →
Saturday, 5/7/16 Don’t shout at me! Ambivalently correcting a crazy overestimate One picture > 1000 words Projecting our loathing Did the SCOTUS Chief Nominate The Donald? Less Popular than Bubonic Plague? Fire Judge Judy Continue reading “Saturday, 5/7/16” →
Cinco de Mayo/Yom Hashoah Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe Technogenic Autism More Homeless Than Evern The Honey Boo Boo of politics Remember Bart Stupak Our Despicable National Administration Burke vs. Trump Continue reading “Cinco de Mayo/Yom Hashoah” →
May First Things potpourri Against the snare of “dialog” Leviathan: Protector of the Atomistic Individual Squeaks & Squawks Sinkin’ Low Joe Preferential Option for the Powerful Can NYT disregard a law it dislikes? Preferential Option for the Powerful II Preferential Option for the Powerful III Continue reading “May First Things potpourri” →
Great and Holy Friday 2016 David Brooks on on national pain Peggy Noonan on distressing joy A question about questions One out of three ain’t bad Great and Holy Friday Continue reading “Great and Holy Friday 2016” →
Thursday, 4/28/16 The definitive Tipsy The discrimination racket The unstoppable force of self-esteem My Libertarian temptation Continue reading “Thursday, 4/28/16” →
Wednesday, 4/27/16 Paul’s Pygmalion Project Dogmas and Orthodoxies Monological Dialogue Secular Conservatives See what happens when you kick it Only the reactionary see both Redrawing the red line Continue reading “Wednesday, 4/27/16” →
Tuesday, 4/26/16 Narratives, true and false Flashback to a praise song Things Bonhoeffer never said Epiphany (but not conversion) Frank & Bart do Lesbos No limits? Continue reading “Tuesday, 4/26/16” →