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Karen Bass

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Thomas Mets

In the last few weeks, Karen Bass has gotten attention as a serious contender for Vice President. Bass has suggested that she would not be interested in running for President later, which would allow a Biden presidency to be transitional, … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Green Book?

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Thomas Mets

One of the most interesting aspects of the latest Oscar race has been the arguments about Green Book. There seem to be three categories. Film twitter seems largely opposed to the film. There’s the sense that the critics are split on … Continue reading →

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A BS Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh

Posted on September 30, 2018 by Thomas Mets

The Brett Kavanaugh hearing is one of the most interesting news items of the last decade. It touches on so many issues, involving sexual assault, male culture, how seriously we should take one allegation, media bias, etc. On the Kavanaugh … Continue reading →

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The Firing of Kevin Williamson

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Thomas Mets

The Atlantic made a really bad decision recently in firing Kevin Williamson for expressing a controversial opinion on abortion, weeks after hiring him because he is able to articulate controversial opinions. Some of the people pushing for his removal predicted … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday: A really dumb argument against Romney

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Thomas Mets

This was something I wrote during the 2012 presidential election, on a criticism of Mitt Romney that was probably forgotten minutes after the think pieces were written. There were legitimate complaints with Romney’s numbers regarding the number of jobs he … Continue reading →

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A Weird hashtag

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Thomas Mets

There’s some concern online about a really dumb hashtag (#gasthesynagogue), a nasty response to a situation in St Louis in which protesters fled the police and were often protection in a synagogue. Haaretz has a piece on this. Looking at … Continue reading →

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Thursday Throwback: What was the point of the Veepstakes chase?

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Thomas Mets

NBC has an article about the efforts of various news organizations to find out who Mitt Romney’s running mate would be before he announced that it was going to be Paul Ryan. They also described Paul Ryan’s efforts to mislead news … Continue reading →

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Did President Trump Say Finland and Russia Have Gotten Along For 100 Years? Nope.

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Thomas Mets

Yesterday, there was a comment on twitter on something stupid President Trump allegedly said about Russia and Finland. James Oliphant, a White House correspondent for Reuters, posted the following. Trump said Russia and Finland have gotten along for “a hundred … Continue reading →

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The Real Clear Websites As An Educational Tool

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Thomas Mets

This was something I wrote a while back for a class on technology in education. I had to describe how teachers could use a particular web-based tool. I went with the realclear brand of websites. These are essentially news aggregators divided by … Continue reading →

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Nate Parker VS Casey Affleck

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Thomas Mets

Once upon a time, there was a lot of buzz for Actor/ Director Nate Parker as a potential Oscar winner, due to his lead performance in Birth of a Nation, a film about the Nat Turner rebellion. That film broke … Continue reading →

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