Wed, 28 March 2018
As with other tragedies, victims speak out, some with specific safety proposals. As with other tragedies, anonymous internet trolls ignore proposals and attack victims themselves, joined by a few public figures. But this time, something is different.
Direct download: Shut_Up_and_Dribble_-_Efforts_to_Silence_Parkland_Students.mp3
Category:Policy, Guns, NRA -- posted at: 11:56pm EDT |
Wed, 21 March 2018
Each clumsy firing was a joke, an example of ghastly humor, an exercise in executive cowardice. The chaos, the anxiety, the tension have become too familiar. The pattern is no longer funny.
Direct download: The_Fading_Humor_of_Presidential_Pathos.mp3
Category:Executive Chaos -- posted at: 11:55pm EDT |
Wed, 14 March 2018
Political advocates have always twisted facts, tossed in irrelevant prejudices to muddy rhetorical waters. But now some on the right go way past that, inventing alternate facts out of thin air. One nationally known personality becomes a case study.
Direct download: Pulp_Fictional_Republican_Arguments.mp3
Category:Politics and Dishonesty -- posted at: 11:28pm EDT |
Thu, 8 March 2018
As we watched a campaign witness go to pieces on national television, I was reminded of the most pitiful member of French aristocracy ever to face the guillotine.
Direct download: A_Witness_Turns_to_Froth_as_Interviewers_Try_to_Save_Him.mp3
Category:Legal, Political History -- posted at: 12:22am EDT |
Thu, 1 March 2018
Few individuals are offered an unexpected opportunity to overcome danger while saving lives. Fewer still discover enough courage hidden within to perform well in the face of danger. President Trump surprised us with his own demonstration of character. |