I remember watching Clear and Present Danger as a kid and wondering to myself why they couldn’t just blow up
Author: Tom Shackleford
A Romantic Evening
Dates scheduled for 3:00AM don’t entail dinner and a movie, but instead a rather specific activity in which a participant
Let’s Get HR on the Phone!
When the first President Bush told us he was going to defeat the Iraqi army and that’s what ensued. That’s
Salvaging the Narrative
Official lies are disseminated in narratives. One feature of people who are compelled by these narratives is that there’s zero
Consequence-Free Leadership
One method of evaluating BS is to consider the consequences for whoever cooked it up. That’s why I react to
Still #1!
I’ve been wondering about the possibility of Putin’s radiation-induced heat taking some off White folks. So, I Googled “what is
Rhetorical Chronology
One way to describe propaganda narratives to someone who’s become skeptical is as an alphabetic sequence of events, of which
It Ain’t According To Reason
Just because people share history, geography, genetics and possess linguistic similarities doesn’t mean they don’t prefer each other dead. I
Rambling Thoughts
A person’s limitations are something to respect. This isn’t a cruel principle. Confidence, ambition, and optimism are useful traits if
Supporting The Current Thing
We’re imperiled by two demographics. The first would be a small group of string pullers mainly from a particular ethno-religious