A brief sketch This is a work of fiction. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, is purely coincidental due to the fact that the same awful shit keeps happening over and over because we live in Hell. Two members of Congress, a MODERATE Democrat and…

The U.S. Supreme Court uses bad history to strike down gun restrictions and abortion rights — This week has been one of the darkest ever in the history of the US Supreme Court. In a flurry of decisions involving gun control, the freedom from established religion, and the rights to privacy and to terminate a pregnancy, the Court dealt devastating blows to what had heretofore been…

Conservative data journalists use statistics to mask their biases — Over the past decade, news outlets have given massive platforms to journalists who specialize in quantitative data analysis. This shift seems to be rooted in publications’ quest for the ever-elusive quality of objectivity, the idea being that statistical analysis of large datasets eliminates the possibility that a journalist’s preconceived notions…

The New York Times overlooks obvious reasons why young people should be concerned — The January 25, 2022 edition of The Morning newsletter by New York Times senior writer David Leonhardt contains a key takeaway: Progressive ideology is causing people to be irrationally concerned about getting sick with COVID. The evidence presented to support this thesis comes from a survey that Leonhardt commissioned that…

Many have noted the hit series’ stinging critique of capitalism, but few have noticed that it shows a path to revolution — The Netflix series Squid Game’s thrilling, bizarre, and macabre setting — a tournament on a remote island where players compete to win tens of millions of dollars in a death match of children’s games — combines gory, high-stakes drama with uncanny black humor. But the show overflows with social commentary…

Will 2022 be the year we actually do something about it? — A consensus is growing among Americans that social media, as it currently exists, is inherently detrimental. In 2021, the Capitol riot and revelations about the corrupt inner workings at Facebook made this consensus stronger than ever before. In the new year, individuals, activist organizations, and governments must step up to…

The right’s claim that the Kyle Rittenhouse case has nothing to do with white supremacy ignores facts and logic — In the wake of the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse for the Kenosha, WI killings that left two dead and a third injured, conservatives in the media launched into attack mode, accusing the left of waging a misinformation campaign against the Illinois teen. Among other things, the right says that the…

Or, How the Sausage Gets Made — Curtain opens, revealing the interior of a moderately upscale lunch place in Washington, D.C. West Virginia Senator Joe MANCHIN is seated center-stage. A WAITER attends to patrons at a nearby table. MANCHIN: Waiter! WAITER: Senator, please don’t yell,“Waiter!” It’s demeaning. MANCHIN: Waiter, my burger is too tall. WAITER: Too… MANCHIN…

A poem about cancel culture — First they came for the statues glorifying the traitors who had gone to war against their own country so that they could continue to kidnap, torture, rape, and enslave human beings from birth to death, and I said nothing — Because I was not a statue glorifying the traitors who…