Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 60
July 26, 2016
St. Louis: Patten Books
Patten Books is an unassuming storefront on Manchester; you might pass it while going to the mall or heading home from the office. Don’t.
July 20, 2016
Democrats endorse public school elections, teacher recalls?
Should legislators and teachers be evaluated for job performance in the same way? A group called Winning Democrats suggests that public school teachers should be elected positions rather than tenured, and that teachers should be subject to recall by the communities they serve.
July 13, 2016
Divisive double standards
It’s a hypocritical form of divisiveness, calling for togetherness and reason whenever your side commits a crime, and engaging in unreasoning partisanship when you can find some way to pin it on others.
July 12, 2016
Broken but Unbowed
Texas Governor Greg Abbott talks about how he survived the accident that paralyzed him, and how the United States can survive the system that paralyzes it.
July 6, 2016
Climate priests cry wolf one more time?
In science, if your theory’s predictions don’t happen, you need a new theory. In religion, if your beliefs predict something that doesn’t happen, you just keep moving that prediction further into the future.
June 29, 2016
Why now for the alt-right?
Why are people attracted to bullying movements today, when they weren’t yesterday? Because they see that bullying works.
June 22, 2016
Why don’t gun owners trust the left?
If you have a Democrat in the house, you are eight hundred times more likely to die from statistical misrepresentation. Forty-three times more likely? Three times more likely? Would you believe smug mathematical innumeracy?
June 15, 2016
But the rhetoric’s so much better here under the tragedy!
Want to stop domestic terrorism? Take seriously those who say they want to kill. Want to stop the oppression of women and the gay community? Take seriously those who say they want to literally enslave women and kill gays.
But the rhetoric���s so much better here under the tragedy!
Want to stop domestic terrorism? Take seriously those who say they want to kill. Want to stop the oppression of women and the gay community? Take seriously those who say they want to literally enslave women and kill gays.
June 14, 2016
J. K. Rowling’s retroactive racism
Does J.K. Rowling believe that blacks are more beautiful when they jettison their blackness?
