Category: Hackenblog

The U.S. Congress is my hero (for the moment)

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“The major stressors of the twenty-first century—a fragmented media environment, profound demographic shifts, artificial intelligence and other technological advances, economic inequality, centralized power, and climate change—require a fundamental reassessment of U.S. political institutions, civil society ecosystems, and civic norms. If this was not already clear before COVID-19 revealed the strains on the body politic, it [...]

Blogging cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified

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“Instead, the president’s worst impulses were neutralized by three pillars of the unwritten constitution. The first is the customary separation between the president and federal criminal prosecution (even though the Department of Justice is part of the executive branch). The second is the traditional political neutrality of the military (even though the president is the [...]

I like two types of blogging – domestic and foreign

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“Founded nearly 250 years ago, the United States of America is the world’s oldest constitutional democracy. Its infancy, under the Articles of Confederation, was turbulent. Its early prospects, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, were very much uncertain. At the Convention, Benjamin Franklin—catalyst of the Revolution, leading citizen of the republic, enslaver turned abolitionist—wondered as [...]

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go in cyberspace

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Zits, 24 November 2020  Zits, 25 November 2020 Zits, 26 November 2020 Pibgorn, 13 December 2003   The accordion in 21st century syndicated comics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “The first phase of the project, located at the intersection of State Street and Zonal Avenue, will be comprised of: “a 96-bed recuperative care center intended to provide interim shelter [...]

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

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Mary Wollstonecraft finally honoured with statue after 200 years, by Mark Brown, Guardian, 09 November 2020 ‘Insulting to her’: Mary Wollstonecraft sculpture sparks backlash, by Alexandrea Topping, Guardian, 10 Novemeber 2020 Huh. I thought I didn’t like it due to a personal failing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Virginia Woolf statue fundraiser flooded with donations after Wollstonecraft controversy, by [...]