Category Archives: politics

Four Dead in Ohio

Posted on May 4, 2023 by JE

May 4, 1970

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Truth or DARVO?

Posted on April 17, 2023 by JE

I was reading a harrowing story (at Vox.com) about the Vallow-Daybell murders which mentioned the concept of DARVO. It wasn’t brand-new to me, but I had sort of forgotten about it, even though the thing itself is as common as … Continue reading →

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Paranoia Will Destroy Ya

Posted on April 14, 2023 by JE

I just got the Hofstadter volume from the Library of America and I’ve been enjoying/suffering through a reread of “The Paranoid Style in American Politics”. “Enjoying” because Hofstadter is a knowledgeable and deeply insightful writer with a dryly witty style; … Continue reading →

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The Dark Tower Is Thrown Down

Posted on March 25, 2023 by JE

Happy Downfall-of-Sauron Day, but remember: “Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again.”

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Video From Different, Better World

Posted on January 5, 2023 by JE

https://mobile.twitter.com/BadLipReading/status/1610802268416380928

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How Antigovernment Parties Govern

Posted on January 5, 2023 by JE

“But I didn’t think the saw would saw off the branch that I was sitting on!” cried the Party of People Sawing Off the Branches They Were Sitting On.

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We Have Been Here Before

Posted on January 4, 2023 by JE

Eve Edwards writes an interesting piece at The Focus about previous SNAFUs in electing the Speaker of the House. In 1856 they finally settled on a member of the Know-Nothing Party, which is probably something that would appeal to modern … Continue reading →

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SURPRISE!

Posted on January 4, 2023 by JE

It turns out that the antigovernment party is incapable of governing.

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Fahrenheit 101

Posted on December 28, 2022 by JE

“You don’t have to burn books if the world starts to fill up with nonreaders, nonlearners, nonknowers.”–Ray Bradbury

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Grand Old Pinnocchio

Posted on December 28, 2022 by JE
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