Archives for 2021

I could recommend all the Northeast Reader articles to a new reader and especially to anyone looking for a perspective not found in mainstream commentary. Occasionally, I believe I provide some perspective unique even within conservative media. While journalist with higher profiles might temper some speech out of professional caution, as a non-commercial writer, I […]

Monday December 27, 2021 “Look, there is no federal solution,” Biden said Monday, according to a transcript of a conversation he had with a group of governors. “This gets solved at a state level.” Thursday December 30, 2021 Positive Covid tests, 630,000+ Prior High, 320,000+ August 2021 On Monday, Biden officially threw in the towel on […]

Most of us know Facebook as a way to find and connect to people and share certain aspects of our lives. That was the original contract offered by Facebook: Share (some of) the details of your life in order to make/maintain personal connections in exchange for free use of Facebook’s aggregated, shared data. That initial […]

I’m not a political scientist but as an honorary old man I have the benefit of a long memory, something that some political scientists can’t claim simply because they haven’t walked on this Earth that long. And with that long memory comes the ability to see BS, what was, and what might come to be. […]

It’s a well understood principle of physics that it takes a long time to turn a ship around and it takes a long time to bring a fully loaded train to a stop. That same idea could be applied to social phenomena. There are multiple mass movements, threads of related behaviors and choices that’re quickly […]

I am a poor consumer of movies and entertainment media in general. I had a period of time where I watched a moderate number of movies, but I find it harder to become enthused now. Nevertheless, going through best-of lists every now and then, I’m always surprised by how many I’ve seen. One that I’ve […]