Autumnal Equinox Song
We need a humanist liturgy in which the supernatural is replaced by the super natural
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We can reshore Manufacturing Jobs, but Trump Hasn’t
Barry’s Digest: I read an important but wonky report so you don’t have to. Here’s the summary.
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My Size/Intensity Technique Shows Up in Washington Post?
“It even uses the same color!” Maybe the new way of displaying data is on the verge of catching on?
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Destroying The Economy Just to Save Some Old People?
As Stanford biologist Michael Levitt put it, “Look, this really is a disease that’s going to affect old people.” But if we are willing to use this argument to overlook the deaths of old people, maybe we should consider another question: how much more is the life of the young person worth?
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Book Review: Carol Anderson, One Person, No Vote
How did people allow all those undemocratic rules against Black people in the bad old days? Ask yourself, because the same thing is going on now.
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Portland Disturbances Week by Week
The beginning of the end for Democracy In America or more of Trump’s play acting? If the latter, how much reaction before it is over-reaction?
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Mistreated Food Workers are a COVID Hotspot
Worker health is public health. By allowing poultry and meatpacking plants to become virus hotspots, we are multiplying the disease and endangering everyone.
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Competitive Senate Races
Given how the country is sick, economically depressed, and wracked by protests under the guidance of the Republicans, Democrats have a good shot at attaining a senate majority along with the presidency.
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US COVID Deaths: Update
How is the US doing now that lockdown is being eased in many states?
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Police Attacking Journalists During Protests
I’ve created this spreadsheet to keep track of police attacks on journalists
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