In several discussions I’ve been involved in lately, some people truly seem to think that e.g. merely claiming without explanation that my thoughts are “hyperbolic” is a valid argument. Over at “Digging in the Clay” Verity Jones has an excellent graphic summarizing the different levels of disagreement. The graphic deserves wider circulation. The types of…

Kellyanne Conway got blasted in the news media three weeks ago for the following interchange with the moderator of Meet The Press, Chuck Todd of NBC: KELLYANNE CONWAY: Don’t be so overly dramatic about it, Chuck. What– You’re saying it’s a falsehood. And they’re giving Sean Spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that.…

On another thread here, a commenter named J.P.R. asked me to take a look at his interesting post about the “AntiFa” movement. These are the fascists who rioted in Berkeley. I wrote the following in answer, but it got so long I thought folks might enjoy it as a head post. Here goes … =================== Thanks,…

Well, color me embarrassed! I thought that “Fake News” was like Hillary claiming that she landed under hostile fire in Bosnia. I found out today it’s not. Well, I mean the Bosnia story was indeed fake news, but it’s not the fake news from the modern fake news industry. Here’s the short version: What is behind…