For six years I and others have been saying “we’re better than this,” but we’re not better than this.
Read more
Stop scapegoating the mentally ill
Tuesday’s mass murder of 19 children and two teachers in Texas has caused a lot of people to grope for answers and explanations. A lot of them are doing so in a highly disingenuous manner.
Read more
The 1990s and Disappointed Idealism
I talked about UFOs for five minutes and it made me think about how I felt 25 years ago
Read more
Philip Derrow is back on his bullshit
Last August the New Albany, Ohio school board refused to impose a mask mandate. Given that my kids go to New Albany schools this, quite understandably, bugged me. I usually don’t attend school board meetings but upon reviewing the video of the most recent one, it became pretty clear that school board member Philip Derrow […]
Read more
The Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
As a result of this verdict, there will no doubt be more Kyle Rittenhouses
Read more
My night at the school board meeting
I went and did a democracy.
Read more
UPDATE: School Board Member is Censured for Equating Masks with Holocaust; Deletes Tweets
Philip Derrow styles himself a man of reason and intellect. In reality, he’s spreading the worst kind of COVID misinformation and trafficking in the most offense of tropes.
Read more
Gambling with Cultists
Two men were fed up with election conspiracy theories so they challenged the cultists to put their money where their mouths were.
Read more
The Insurrection
A violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol. It was an act of sedition.
Read more
Early voting in Franklin County, Ohio: quick, easy, and confidence-inspiring
I voted today. I could not be happier with how things went. Despite a massive spike in early voting, the Franklin County Board of Elections had the man-and-woman power, the resources, and the technology in place to deal with it. It should be like that everywhere.
Read more