Yesterday before, during, and after the Ford and Kavanaugh testimony may have been a new low point on social media, in my observation. Never have I seen so many people being so nasty to each other. (I’m not going to post examples, because I don’t want to call anyone specific out. I fear that’s what … Read more
There is a lot to unpack, if one is so inclined, in the sexual assault allegation raised by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. And mostly, I’m not. Inclined, that is. These are precisely the sorts of events that generate endless blow-by-blow nonsense that I’m no longer interested in consuming. … Read more
I got about as heavy a shot of Roman Catholicism as any Protestant kid ever gets, I reckon. I went to Catholic school. It was only for three years—fifth through seventh grade—but that’s plenty enough to get “the plot,” as George Costanza once put it. Middle school kids don’t have much to keep up with, … Read more