The Pursuit of Knowledge 0
That’s what the Republican thought police are all about.
And, once they catch it, they will lock it up and make sure it never roams free again.
“There Is No Plan” 0
Mary Trump offers her take on why Trump mongered a war.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Writing at the Psychology Today website, Chester H. Sunde argues that the writings of Plato can help us understand today. The whole article is quite interesting, but this bit, in which Sunde lists Plato’s hierarchy of governments, caught my eye:
Where are we on the scale?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
One of those “responsible gun owners” chooses to relieve his portable phallus in a public accommodation.
The London Police Department said they determined Teall had fired a single round inside the restroom of a BP Truck Stop.
“But Mommy, He Would Have Hit Me Back” 0
That seems to be the story the Trump maladministration has settled on to justify rationalize attacking Iran.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A con artist’s co-conspirator? Philadelphia’s WPVI reports that a “new wave of smart scams, powered by artificial intelligence, is now targeting consumers every single day.”
Republican Thought Police 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice explains what “best qualified applicant” means under the Trump maladministration. A snippet:
An email sent to Liberty University School of Law students over the weekend lays out, in refreshingly unvarnished terms, what the administration’s hiring pipeline actually looks like. And it’s exactly as bad as everyone suspected:
The two most important requirements are you MUST be aligned politically with President Trump and his administration and you must be willing to work hard. Don’t be scared off by the transcript requirement. GPA is not a strong factor. If you meet those two requirements, you have a shot.
A Distinction without a Difference 0
Yes, Republicans, one thing is like the other thing.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes,”* Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Via The Seattle Times, Amanda Cats-Baril hears a rhyme from colonial times. Here’s how her article begins (emphasis added):
That struggle over arbitrary warrants is no longer a historical footnote, now that the federal government is reviving the very practice Otis condemned. An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo dated May 12, 2025, authorizes agents to enter homes solely on the basis of an “administrative warrant,” without prior judicial approval.
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*Mark Twain.
Just Desserts 0
In a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper reminds us that