Free Press: David Sedaris Punching Down
Words, we are now regularly reminded, are violence. So too is silence. I read not long ago that capitalism is violence, as is misgendering someone. Ignoring someone is violence, but so too is paying them attention.
Sedaris is a cosmopolitan humorist, so he is describing coastal people and what is written by influencers on social media, but many young people don’t seem very resilient.
In February 2021, then-president Kristina Johnson launched an initiative to hire 50 professors whose work focused on race and “social equity” and “100 underrepresented and BIPOC hires” (the acronym stands for black, indigenous and people of color). These reports show what higher education’s outsize investment in “diversity, equity and inclusion” looks like in practice. Ohio State sacrificed both academic freedom and scholarly excellence for the sake of a narrowly construed vision of diversity.
WSJ: New Approach to Back Pain
WSJ: New Approach to Back Pain
It seems like everyone I know has suffered from a bout of lower back pain. What we used to call Lumbago, and is now, often called Sciatica.
Symptoms may range from a twinge when remaining in a particular position too long up to being unable to move without excruciating pain. Every doctor had the patient go through the same process.
WSJ: Stop Worrying About Sleep
WSJ: Stop Worrying About Sleep
Everyone knows that getting eight hours of sleep is the key to health and happiness.
Everyone should know to doubt anything that everyone knows. The knowledge that “everyone knows” is built from half-assed news reports, advertising and unverified assertions made often enough.
No matter how you vote or what you think of the events at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, it unconscionable that all video had not been immediately made public.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) publicly released footage from the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
House Republicans had the authority to release the video, and they did not.
This video looks like American citizens were entrapped. It’s a small sample, but for the stability of the country, all video should have been made available many months ago.
AutoBlog: NTSB calls for Speed Limiters on Cars
After investigating a three-vehicle accident that happened in Las Vegas in January 2022, the NTSB is again recommending a few measures to curb speeding, one of them being the “need for intelligent speed assistance (ISA) technology and countermeasures including interlock program for repeat speeding offenders.”
We already have plenty of laws, but DA’s and the DOJ choose to enforce them selectively. It is irresponsible of the NTSB to make a major policy recommendation that will effect every car buyer in America based on one horrendous car accident.
Everyone knows that the replacement women of the MCU have been a disaster, but nobody is supposed to point that out.
I put the camera on the shed to get a better video of Sparky’s Moose Run.
Sparky needs exercise and enjoys novel experiences. I am a problem solver and have a bunch of RC cars. I tethered Mr. Moose to the back of a Traxxas Maxx. Better to turn the sound down. The audio track is on, but just RC noise.
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