Republican Newspeak 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Ron Mitchell decodes de code.
Vaccine Nation 0
At the Psychology Today website, Robert N. McCauley points out that
- the tens, if not hundreds, of millions of lives that vaccination has saved over the past hundred years from the prevention of crowd diseases (such as smallpox, polio, and measles),
- the current resurgence of measles and death therefrom in America in the face of the newest wave of vaccine hesitancy, and
- recent findings that some vaccines (e.g., for shingles) aid human health in additional ways (such as decreasing the probability of dementia),
why is resistance to vaccination so longstanding and widespread?
Read the article for his thoughts on that question.
The Snaring Economy 0
Apparently, price-gouging is the hip new thing.
There’s are reasons for regulations, and this is one of them.
DOGE Bull 0
C&L follows the money.
The Lynch Mob 0
At The Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch offers a theory as to why Congressional Republicans want to persecute Dr. Anthony Fauci for doing his job (and doing it quite well, I might add).
Methinks he’s onto something.
No excerpt or summary will do his piece justice. Just go read it.
Fruit of the Loon 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice makes a strong case that one of the co-founders of the Federalist Society is bananas about bananas.
Ad Hoke 0
At the Psychology Today website, Marianne Brandon expresses–er–skepticism over advertisements from Big Tech claiming that they “believe in you,” i. e., people, users, the targets of the ads. A snippet, in which she decodes de code:
Follow the link for the rest.
What’s in a Name 0
Sometimes, quite a lot.
Republican Family Values 0
Honest to Betsy, you can’t make this stuff up.








