THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE—OPERA AND OTHERWISE PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 WE FOCUSED ON THE HORRIFIC REALITY of the now appropriately named Exonerated Five. Today we turn to the operatic production The Central Park Five, particularly as … Continue reading
THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE—REALITY AND OPERA PART 1
FOR THOSE WITH POOR MEMORIES, LIVING UNDER A ROCK, OR FOLLOWING SOLELY MAGA SOURCES, the Central Park Five, known today as the Exonerated Five, may require telling: It’s an egregious … Continue reading
“WE FINALLY HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO FOLLOWS SCIENCE”
THIS, FROM WHITE HOUSE.GOV. What unmitigated clap-trap! What proof of ego-pandering lies! Above, the lead page for which we taxpayers paid. Image from The White House, April 22, 2025. Below, … Continue reading
MORE ON TRUMP’S AUTOCRACY PLAYBOOK
FIVE DAYS AGO HERE AT SIMANAITISSAYS, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy shared the autocracy playbook employed by Putin in Russia, Orbán in Hungary, Erdoğan in Turkey—and Trump before our eyes. In … Continue reading
A THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1 WE BEGAN GLEANING TIDBITS from Senator Chris Murphy’s analysis of the path to autocracy. Here in Part 2, he lists six specific elements in this lamentable … Continue reading
A THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS PART 1
CHRIS MURPHY IS A U.S. SENATOR, a Democrat representing the people of Connecticut. On April 19, 2025, he sent an email to me—and to plenty of others, I’m sure—advising that … Continue reading
SCIENCE HAPPENS PART 1
DESPITE THE QUEENS FELON CARING NOTHING—and contributing less than a plugged nickel—about science, it happens anyway. Here, in Parts 1 and 2 today and tomorrow, are tidbits gleaned from my … Continue reading
SEND TRUMP TO THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE
IF A MIDDLE-SCHOOLER SPOKE, WROTE, OR TEXTED in the manner of President Trump, the student would be promptly sent to the principal’s office for a reprimand. If any MAGA supporters … Continue reading
TRUMP VERSUS KNOWLEDGE
“IPSA SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST” (“KNOWLEDGE ITSELF IS POWER”) wrote English philosopher Sir Francis Bacon in Meditationes Sacrea, (Sacred Meditations), 1597. English philosopher Thomas Hobbes as a young man was a … Continue reading