Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 73
May 25, 2015
The Tyranny of Clich��s
Jonah Goldberg takes down political clich��s, such as ���violence never solves anything�����and ���I don���t believe in labels���.
May 19, 2015
All the President���s Men
Supposedly written because Robert Redford wanted to base a movie on the book, this is a great memoir of two journalists wondering what the hell was up after a failed burglary on an office in the Watergate Building.
May 14, 2015
The definitional war on satire
What is satire if it isn���t about current, hotly-debated events and puncturing overblown narratives?
May 12, 2015
Government oxymoron: anti-corruption laws
We can���t pass laws to reduce corruption. To reduce corruption we must reduce laws.
May 4, 2015
Learning from alcohol prohibition
If the people against ending drug prohibition had been around in the thirties, we would never have ended the prohibition of beer and cocktails, because of the dangers of pure alcohol and bathtub gin. One of the lessons of the alcohol prohibition era is that we don’t have to go from banning everything to allowing everything. There is a middle ground.
April 30, 2015
Spin Cycle: Inside the Clinton Propaganda Machine
This is basically the story of how the Clinton administration gave the media an excuse for not following up.
April 28, 2015
Twisted censorship from France
“I abhor censorship of every kind… unless it goes against the narrative.”
April 23, 2015
The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 2
I always enjoyed Omni, but, unlike its sister publication, I enjoyed it for its photos more than for the stories. It’s best, however, was not too bad, at least from 1978-1980.
April 21, 2015
Google���s responsive design deadline
For the foreseeable future, I���m going to stick with a well-structured page that can be displayed appropriately in a variety of devices, rather than a responsive design, for the simple reason that I generally don���t like the ���mobile-friendly��� shifts that I see.
Google’s responsive design deadline
For the foreseeable future, I’m going to stick with a well-structured page that can be displayed appropriately in a variety of devices, rather than a responsive design, for the simple reason that I generally don’t like the “mobile-friendly” shifts that I see.
