Is Trump right about "fake news"?
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Above the madding crowd: a brief note on the artistic process
Pedophilia and our sexualized media: is naïveté a good thing or a bad thing?
The Mr. C case has me wondering if widespread familiarity with sexual themes and content makes today’s youth more or less susceptible to pedophiles.
Read moreMy mentor, the pedophile [UPDATED]
Part 1 of a series.
Read moreVisa review makes clear: Trump doesn't think Americans are capable of greatness
Time to nominate a Handicapper General. Here’s President Donald’s plan to make America #1: ban the competition. Trump to order review of visa program to encourage hiring Americans President Donald Trump on Tuesday will order federal agencies to look at tightening a temporary visa program used to bring high-skilled foreign workers to the United States, as he tries to carry
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A sea of tulips at the Denver Botanic Gardens. To see larger image, visit my Ello page.
Read moreScholars & Rogues marks its 10th anniversary
A brief history of S&R: It’s been a great decade. We hope you’ll stick around for another 10 years. On April 16, 2007, a few of us (mostly immigrants from The 5th Estate on LiveJournal) opened shop at ScholarsAndRogues.com. I suppose we hoped for a doorbusting response, as hordes of people, starving for our unique brand of irreverent wisdom, metaphorically trampled us
Read moreThey're having an online contest to name April's calf: what are the odds on Giraffy McGiraffeface?
What could possibly go wrong? Didn’t we just discuss this, people? I mean, it’s like nobody reads me at all.
Read moreVarner outs Zeke: the outrage is reaffirming
A gay man’s assault on a transgender fellow player was stunning. The response by the tribe, the host, the audience, and most importantly the target, gives a little hope to those of us losing faith in our fellow humans. On last night’s episode of Survivor, Jeff Varner, who was fighting for his life in the game, turned to fellow contestant
Read moreThe only way to defeat Trump and his supporters
It’s about tribalism. You cannot work with Trumpists. Period. You must defeat them and then fix the problems that handed them control. It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into. – Jonathan Swift Since the moment of Campaign 2016 when it became clear that Donald Trump actually had a chance,
Read moreOrchidelirium: Carmen Miranda
Boaty McBoatface, Footy McFooty Face and Trumpkin: WHY do people keep asking the Internet for help?
San Diego’s MLS hopefuls and Crayola ought to have learned from history. #NewCrayonColors It started innocently enough in 2012, when the geniuses at Mountain Dew decided to ask the Internet’s help in naming their new “green apple with attitude” flavor. The results included “Hitler Did Nothing Wrong,” “Diabeetus” and “Moist Nugget.” Shortly thereafter the Slovaks staged an Internet campaign to name a
Read moreExamining Vanessa Otero’s news source credibility chart
I’ve seen several of these attempts at categorizing sources lately and this, from Vanessa Otero, is probably the best so far. (It’s marginally better than the Reddit guide to fake news, which I discussed a few weeks back.) Still, that the Wall Street Journal is only regarded as skewing a little conservative is a bad joke.
Read moreGhost in the Shell: a 2-minute review
The 2017 remake of the manga classic is marvelous to behold, but not especially filling emotionally. Went to see Ghost in the Shell the other day. In IMAX. IMAX 3-D, to be precise. Initial impressions: 1) It’s just fucking gorgeous. The designers have studied the classics, from Blade Runner on down, and they create a world that does justice to the
Read moreHB2 cost NC a lot more than $3.76B
The AP says the “bathroom bill” cost North Carolina $3.76 billion. The real damage is likely much, much higher. The AP yesterday released an analysis indicating that reaction to North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 – the “bathroom bill” – cost the state a staggering $3.76 billion in lost business, projected over 12 years. That’s a remarkable hit to economy, but as I
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