Author: Eric Scheie

So says Newsweek‘s real “Madam President” about so-called “fake news.” Hillary Clinton on Thursday decried the spread of fake news online, calling it an “epidemic” that Congress should take action against. “The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year — it’s now clear the so-called fake…

Hard to believe it, but today is the 75th Anniversary of that dastardly deed. There are only a hundred or so survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack still alive, and while I am of course glad to see they are being remembered, the attack itself must never be forgotten, as it is a lesson on preparedness.

I’ve been pretty quiet about Trump, but if this is true — if he is encouraging the murder of drug addicts — then the man is worse than I imagined possible. I respect disagreements over policy positions, but encouraging outright murder of people for having what is a medical problem crosses a line in a…

Clearly, the ranting woman in this widely circulated video is nuts. But look at the two people closely. What does race have to do with it? The irony, of course, is that while the nutcase passenger who is yelling at the Assyrian woman seems to have assumed she was a Muslim, Assyrians are Christian, and the…

I keep noticing a puzzling phenomenon which is difficult to unscramble in logical terms. Many of the people who claim to be extremely outraged over the election — and who demonstrate in the streets — simply did not vote: More than 60% of the people arrested at recent anti-Trump demonstrations in Portland, Ore., didn’t vote in…

Get ready folks, because sainthood — nay, Godhead! — is more powerful than the mere presidency. Hillary Clinton’s name belongs on ships, and airports, and tattoos. She deserves straight-up hagiographies and a sold-out Broadway show called RODHAM. Yes, this cultural canonization is going to come after the chronic, constant, nonstop “On the other hand” sexist…

Love this.  

Remember when it was OK for anyone to make fun of anyone? I do. I grew up watching this racist, sexist, misogynist, homophobic, transphobic bigot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4m5HLVwsco I used to think it was funny. (I also used to take the First Amendment for granted.) Now no one can make fun of anyone. To use a sexist…

I haven’t said anything about him since he won, but Donald Trump has managed to piss off a man I cannot stand. A nice start.

I’ve been watching the election returns, and I find myself wondering whether America might just be ready for a sound rejection of Hillary Clinton. I hope so. What’s especially interesting about the vote is the apparent willingness of the public to take a chance with an untried unknown. For the first time in my lifetime,…

Recent events have me worried that the country may be headed towards genuine dictatorship. Incrementally, of course, which means it will not be a blatant seizure of power, but a gradual surrender of power by people who think that giving up their freedom constitutes their compassionate and altruistic moral duty, even an act of patriotism.  (The process…

In case anyone thinks that wars on holidays (such as Christmas) are part of a demonic secular anti-Christian campaign, things have reached the point where there is actually a war on Halloween: The student-governments of rival schools Oregon State University and the University of Oregon have announced a temporary partnership, which is kind of like…

This song used to make me laugh. Now it makes me cry. Sexual fascism works that way.

When was the last time you heard of a man complaining about being touched, kissed, groped, or fondled by a woman? What is today called “sexual assault” has happened to me a few times, and (whether I was interested in reciprocating or not) I always thought it was both flattering and amusing. According to today’s…

Distant childhood memories of LBJ have somehow been triggered. One example is what LBJ said to a female staffer when he appeared at the foot of her bed in the middle of the night Move over. This is your president. Or my personal favorite: Ford’s economics are the worst thing that’s happened to this country…

The unchanging conservative position on the war on drugs was recently restated in a Washington Examiner editorial: A slew of viral videos in recent weeks reveal the devastating effects of America’s drug abuse epidemic. […] Even as polls suggest public attitudes toward drug use is becoming more lax, the recent viral videos remind us of why…

I must have a different definition of friendship than most people, because I’m having trouble understanding this: PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A new survey from Monmouth University shows that seven percent of voters have cut ties with a friend over the 2016 Presidential Race. CBS News reports that nine percent of Hillary Clinton supporters said they’ve…

I have built a delta robot which does not yet do exactly what I want it to do and exactly when I want it. I’m thinking about the work ethic here. George Washington opposed slavery because he thought it destroyed the work ethic, while here I am madly focused on a thing which would make things for me…

That last post (and perhaps some of the comments to it), reminded me of a interesting possible new use for a fairly well known product. A can of this stuff could fairly easily be rigged up between a car’s radiator and grill, and with the trigger linked to an ordinary choke cable (or other similar device),…

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s professional demonstrators. My antipathy goes back to the 1990s, when I was a target of their wrath. I know the mindset of these people and I understand their tactics so well that they trigger very unpleasant feelings of nostalgia. This week’s news has been dominated by the same people,…