Dictators dictate. That’s what they do. A dictator that did not dictate, did not make his word law, is no kind of dictator at all. Why, a dictator that did not force […]

Uncle Mike Speaks Following this piece is a rebuttal by Yours Truly It has come to my attention that some people resent having to wear a face mask when attending a Catholic […]

Reader Stephen Shipman found the JAMA—prestigious journal!—peer-reviewed note “Science Denial and COVID Conspiracy Theories: Potential Neurological Mechanisms and Possible Responses” by Bruth Miller. Let’s don’t breeze by that KGB-style subtitle: Potential Neurological […]

Gettin’ bad out there, friends. Lot of people poppin’ happy pills. Pills, that is, designed by Experts to make them happy. Or what Experts say passes for happy. Pills that, with medical […]

Follow Greenhorn on Twitter—until he’s purged. My wife and I entered the Black Hills from the south. It was a perfect time to be there, because all the snow and cold wouldn’t […]

Crystal Lee of MIT—bio: “I work broadly on topics related to the social and political dimensions of computing, data visualization, and disability. I also conduct ethnographic and computational research on social media […]

You will, I hope, forgive me if I remind you that if there is Official mis- or disinformation, then there must necessarily be Official Truths. And if there exist Official Truths, there […]