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Another, yes another, Modest Proposal

Monday, March 30, 2020

It seems that the folks at Fox are at least a bit worried that they might have some legal liability for spreading disinformation about COVID-19. For a number of reasons I think the chance of such a suit being successful is low, given the First Amendment. I seem to recall that Fox defended a suit in Florida […]

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A Song for our Times

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Many years ago my then quite young son and I went to see Me and My Girl at the Weston Theater in Vermont. We had a great time and I subsequently bought the CD of the then recent Broadway version. Yesterday one of the songs from the show popped into my head and it occurred to me […]

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Friday Night Music returns, if a bit of a bummer

Friday, March 27, 2020

It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted what was once a regular Friday night feature, but today I stumbled on this Paul Simon video and I couldn’t resist. I remember when this song came out. I though it was great, and that it perfectly caught the tenor of the times. Who would have thought […]

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Bad Moon Rising

Sunday, March 22, 2020

A few days ago I noted that the Republicans never let a crisis go to waste. This is probably the biggest domestic crisis we’ve had since the Civil War, so it presents all kinds of opportunities to destroy our institutions. There is no reason to suspend habeas corpus, other than to allow the genius to jail people at […]

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Not just for the rich anymore (temporarily)

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Has anyone else noticed that all the measures being contemplated to deal with the economic impact of the corona virus, both here and in England (and probably everywhere else) are, not to put too fine a point on it: socialistic? What else can we call sending free (gasp!) money to people, or paying them for […]

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A modest proposal, amended

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Far be it from me to insist on a modest proposal when I am presented with evidence that there is an even more modest way to achieve one’s ends. A couple of days ago I suggested that we honor the genius by naming the current era The Trump American Plague, inasmuch as for reasons that I can’t fathom, […]

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Yet another modest proposal

Monday, March 16, 2020

It’s a curious thing. The person currently occupying the White House has traditionally named things after himself, yet there’s a fairly obvious thing to which he has failed to attach his moniker. Perhaps, somewhat surprisingly, he has been afflicted with false modesty. I certainly concede that I don’t like the guy, but I try to […]

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Acceptable risks

Saturday, March 14, 2020

What is it about American election officials? Are they all corrupt, or are they simply incapable of seeing the obvious. Check this out: Voatz, a mobile voting app that’s already been used in several elections in the United States, has more than a dozen critical security flaws, according to a newly released audit. The audit also […]

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An open letter to Democrats in Congress

Friday, March 13, 2020

Dear Democratic Congresspersons: Back at the beginning of the Obama Administration, Rahm Emanuel had this to say: You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. The Obama Administration, Rahm helping to lead the way, then proceeded […]

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An Open Letter to our friends, the Bernie Bros

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Dear Bernie Bros: It has now become clear that Joe Biden will enter the convention with a majority of pledged delegates and will not have to rely on Super Delegates to get himself over the top. Just a few weeks ago, Bernie’s folks were arguing that the nomination should go to whoever gets to the […]