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These events will surely be mentioned in history books, so it’s very strange that they aren’t a bigger part of the news: The border crossing between Coutts, Alberta (CA) and Sweet Grass, Montana (USA) continues to be blocked as truckers allied against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine passports are united. The Alberta protests are in support…
Democrat Representative Michelle McGaw (House district 71) expressed a telling thought in response to her Republican colleague, Brian Newberry, when he noted that 400 people had signed up to testify on “the proposed extension of the Governor’s emergency powers”: Have you determined how many of those have credentials in public health, infectious disease or epidemiology?…
Granted, I’ve been falling behind lately, but it still surprised me when some of the other participants in a class I attended last week brought up the compounding effects of the massive trucker convoy taking place over weeks in Canada to protest vaccine mandates. As Russell Brand notes in the video below, following the news…
Jon Miltimore explains why Dolores Umbridge is the best character in the Harry Potter books (as distinct from his favorite character). She’s an archetype, and unfortunately, our society is becoming more archetypal, these days, so to speak: Like Dolores Umbridge, Australian leaders (and Lemon) apparently see no problem in using force for the greater good, including using…
I notice, here and there around social media, that the Trump derangement inexplicably continues. He truly is the face on the screen for a daily two-minute hate. One wonders about the degree to which it’s a deliberate decoy from news like this: A new court filing by special counsel John Durham reveals that Department of…
We just got in from the whole family shoveling snow, with some drifts up to three-and-a-half feet. Here’s the recovery formula: Six ounces of mid-roast Starbucks espresso out of the machine Mix in a shot (or so…) of Mister Katz’s Rock & Rye whisky Put on Miles Davis Kind of Blue Light a candle Choose to…
As I’ve been finishing off some chores while catching up with podcasts during the blizzard, a thought that’s been forming for a while struck home very clearly. In general, we’ve got two approaches to understanding our existence: top-down and bottom-up. Top down is more concerned with meaning and teleological understandings of purpose. From this approach,…
The stories of the Rhode Island nurses featured in videos that their union is producing to promote COVID vaccination are compelling, but I have to wonder what their real purpose is. If the designers sat down for even a short meeting and gave real thought to who it is that isn’t getting vaccinated, I don’t see…
Isn’t it curious how things that aren’t this are decried when Republicans are in office, but things that are this are not decried when Democrats are in control? Besty Woodruff Swan and Daniel Lippman broke the details this week of a new Capitol Police initiative that involves deep dives into the speech, background, and lifestyle…
We’re thoroughly within one of those episodes in history that future generations read about and wonder how anything so foolish could have been tolerated. Remember when Republicans complained it was inappropriate for President Obama to use Marines to hold his umbrella? Remember when Democrats scrutinized President Trump’s descent down a potentially slippery ramp to discern…