Friday, July 31, 2020

A Modest Suggestion--Trump Hotel as Dormitory

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Louis Gohmert sleeps in his office, a fact mentioned in an article on his contracting coronavirus.  That's not unusual.  This article ...
Thursday, July 30, 2020

Diversity Now and Then

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I was struck by this tweet the other day: The suburbs are actually a lot more diverse than NIMBY-in-Chief Trump seems to realize. NIMBYism ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Capitalizing "Black" and "White"

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The Post announced today it would capitalize "white". This follows on the Times and AP deciding to capitalize "black". ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Testing Coronavirus Vaccines and Getting the Shots

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Oddly I find myself being confused about the vaccine.  If I were approached to participate in Phase III test of a vaccine, I'd likely ag...
Monday, July 27, 2020

Can We Sing "Amazing Grace" Anymore?

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In today's environment, "Amazing Grace" points two ways: On the one hand, it was written by a man who actively participated i...
Sunday, July 26, 2020

Gorbachev and Other Leaders

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Just finished reading William Taubman's Gorbachev .  It's a good book, as a winner of the Pulitzer should be.  The  focus is, of cou...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

Allying With Stalin

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Matt Glassman has a nice reply tweet this morning apropos calls for political purity: we allied with Stalin to defeat Hitler. To me it'...
Friday, July 24, 2020

Who Calls Whom a Bitch?

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Lisa Lerer has an article in today's Times discussing the use of the epithet in politics, given Rep. Yoho's use in connection with ...
Thursday, July 23, 2020

Reopening Schools--Possible Baby Steps

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Fairfax County just announced they'll start schools 100 percent using distance learning. I sympathize with the problems school boards ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

The Wrong Question: Are Algorithms Racist?

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Frequently I see posts/articles which say that computer algorithms are racist.  When I bother to read them, the logic is fairly simply--garb...