ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Michelle Goldberg has written an excellent article about the dreams and nightmares of those who would like to see one half of humanity a l...

These are fun ones.  For example, you are now more likely to die or be financially devastated in a hurricane or other weather disaster, bec...

That (from the Bible, of all things) is the proper interpretation of Trump's decision to drag the US out of the Paris climate accord.  ...

My sincere thanks to all who have contributed toward the purchase of a new computer for the Snakepit Inc.  This one is nine years old and a...

I get that Trump's tweets are fun to take apart, and I get that other similar behavioral and linguistic outrages are what draws most a...

There is still time to contribute to the survival of this blog.  The instructions are in the left column.  My warmest thanks to all who hav...

I have no idea if Trump's twitter account has suddenly purchased several million pretend-followers*, as this story tells us, but if th...

Trump's isolationist and sulky international politics have repercussions which may not have popped into his mind : Reflecting on the...

It's not too late to donate money to guarantee the future of this tiny blog.  As I mentioned earlier, do not give if it would cause yo...

Bangladesh is a case study of a country which is slowly becoming more fundamentalist.  Consider t he most recent example : Under pressu...

1.  Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate in the Montana special election, joined the war against the media by allegedly assaulting Ben...

Or the start of my begging week* which will run to the end of next week's Wednesday.  This year I have an actual project (othe...

Happened three years ago.  I wrote about Elliot Rodger in 2014 .  That post, sadly, is still relevant, given the misogynist online sites.

The glowing orb in this picture, taken while our Dear Leader was visiting his BFFs in Saudi Arabia, is a decoration in a new center ...

1.  Donald Trump's budget proposal is the sadists' wish-list.  It won't pass, but as this Slate piece states, that shouldn'...

The UK Guardian writes about Facebook and moderation.  The article makes for interesting reading.  The following table gives examples a...

Figuring out what is happening in the Russian investigations is almost impossibly hard, for several reasons.  First , the media industry ...

These short quotes are nuggets of pure gold. - An obituary of Roger Ailes (of Fox News fame) states : Kaplan said Ailes was also a b...

There are times when I simply must write an obvious post, and this is one of those times. Our Dear Leader gave a commencement speech at...

While this side of the aisle lives and breathes Trump's incompetence and the risk that poses on not only to the United States but to th...