Politics and its Discontents

                            I read an article recently that posed the question of whether or not relationships can be repaired that were d...

  Amen.

If you have grown weary of my regular posts about the willful ignorance and stupidity of the anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, please skip the ...

  For a while I have been trying to cobble together a post on that virulent breed of anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers that are currently blight...

Today, I was going to post about the rabble stalking Justin Trudeau on the campaign trail. However, I became depressed at the prospect of wr...

  I suspect the majority feel the same as this letter-writer : I am disappointed with my fellow Canadians who choose not to get vaccinated, ...

 I somehow doubt it is possible anymore to "fly the friendly skies" south of us.

  H/t Greg Perry Having absolutely no patience with those who reflexively and shrilly denounce public health measures as attacks on their fr...

I generally don't like the heavy hand of authority, but I make an exception in this situation. See what you think.

As I have written elsewhere on this blog, my patience for those who willfully embrace ignorance, who prefer the blunt hammer of dark conspir...

Be sure to click on the image so as to enlarge it:  Unfortunately, the mentality depicted above is not confined to the United States.

Having worn glasses since I was nine, I learned early in life about limitations. Being myopic meant having to accept that I could never beco...

Those who read this blog with any regularity will likely know that when it comes to those who refuse to don masks as their contribution t...

I get the sense that Jonathan Pie is a tad vexed about government irresolution and people's stupidity when it comes to the wearing of ma...

If you read this blog with any regularity, you may know that I hold in absolute, unmitigated contempt those who refuse to wear a mask. Whe...

Amen.

The affliction, manifesting in a steadfast refusal to wear a mask, appears to arise from a combination of idiocy, sociopathic indifference...

There is a new report showing the continuing spread of Covid-19 in California. It seems that three counties, San Bernardino, Riverside and ...

That is the message, simple and direct, delivered by CNN's Becky Anderson: Somehow, I doubt her message will resonate with the unhing...

I recently completed The Splendid and The Vile , a book by Erik Larson exploring the first year of Winston Churchill's prime ministersh...