Fear of the Known

I read this enlight­en­ing quote in a blog com­ment today: [1] It’s supremely stu­pid to dis­crim­i­nate, even unwit­tingly, against a group to which you will inevitably belong. It was just a ran­dom side-note to a larger dis­cus­sion about retail cus­tomer ser­vice. The con­text was about how younger com­puter sales­peo­ple some­times ignore older shop­pers, based on […]

Is This Man Insane?

I will let yesterday’s Ed Schultz inter­view with Alan Grayson (D) — Florida speak for itself, except to note two things. First, Rep. Grayson pre­sented facts to sup­port his argu­ments, and sec­ond, he did this within proper House floor guide­lines. The lat­ter is impor­tant, because the right wing cur­rently is try­ing to link Grayson’s prepared […]