Category Archives: Racism

Your regular “Does anything good ever come out of the south?” news

Posted on August 9, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: “We’re going to start slitting throats on day one,” said presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, who in an interview also insisted that enslaved Americans learned useful, transferable skills, such as blacksmithing, and that “Joe Biden’s the president.”  … Continue reading →

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“Civilization’s going to pieces.”

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Naomi

Lately, it has seemed books I’m reading or re-reading are passing me secret messages about today’s life. And the heart of those secret messages is that, in certain exclusive circles, nothing has changed. What struck me particularly about the following … Continue reading →

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Who rejects allopathic* medicine? Quacks

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Naomi

*Allopathic medicine, or allopathy, is an archaic and derogatory label originally used by 19th-century homeopaths to describe heroic medicine, the precursor of modern evidence-based medicine. — Wikipedia My mom used to slam the term “quack” on any practitioner of non-scientific … Continue reading →

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