Racism ⁽²²⁾

Your idea of what caused the Baltimore riots seems to depend pretty heavily on who you are. This Pew Research survey includes a fairly stark breakdown of the causes asserted by black and white respondents.  Note the White-Black difference column. And here is the same question again,…

spoiler: NO.

Republicans blame the poor for being poor.  After creating income inequality unprecedented outside of feudal societies, the Wisconsin GOP legislature wants to institute a bunch of restrictions on what people can buy with their food assistance. No fresh Mozz for teh poors!  That's what you…

"It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that sting." --Apologies to Duke Ellington. It's a truism that if it does not protect offensive speech by offensive people, freedom of speech is trivial. What happened when Islamophobic bigot Pam Geller organized a "Mohammed Cartoon…

My cat does not understand why I get into that big torrent of water to clean myself.  She does just fine with tongue and paw, and it's much lighter on resource use. My cat thinks that if I had only had the good sense to…