TGIF Follies

Recently I cross-posted a few blog entries to Daily Kos, where they are read by many more people than when they first appear at Paul’s Thing.  Lately, though, things have been hopping here, as more people find their way to this little blog. For example: a long email from an aviation enthusiast who follows my […]

Tribalism Run Amok

GOP Debate Audience Boos Contraception.  Oh give me a break!  Nearly everyone in that audience uses contraception or has a spouse who does, and none of them are planning to give it up.  So what are they really booing? They’re booing the other tribe: liberals, Democrats, progressives, those hippies down in Tucson.  A rough translation […]