Author Archives: Jason Robinson

Remember What Republicans Said At The Time

The January 6th Committee’s letter to Kevin McCarthy is a good reminder of what Republicans were saying shortly after January 6th, 2021. For example, on January 13th, 2021, McCarthy said the following in a speech to the House: The President … Continue reading

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1/6

Just a quick post on the anniversary of the insurrection of 1/6/21. On that day, I wrote to my congressional rep, Rep. Seth Moulton, asking him to impeach Trump. That would be the first and only time I’ve contacted my … Continue reading

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Get Back

Being a near life-long Beatle fan, I loved Peter Jackson’s Get Back documentary. Though it was not my intention when I started, I ended up binging the whole thing in one evening. I watched the Let It Be movie a … Continue reading

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Press Watch

Dan Froomkin writes about the frequent and pervasive failures of modern political journalism on his site, PressWatchers.org. In my opinion, his points are spot-on: political journalism, particularly as practiced by so-called “liberal” media outlets, is so contorted by profit motives, … Continue reading

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Trump is afraid of losing his base

It is interesting to watch Trump’s authoritarian instincts clash with some strongly held views of his most ardent supporters. Many people have wondered why Trump refuses to mount a vigorous federal response to COVID-19. My hypothesis is that the Trump … Continue reading

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Who does “our” refer to?

On Thursday, 4/2/2020, Jared Kushner said the following regarding the national stockpile of medical supplies: “The notion of the federal stockpile was it’s supposed to be our stockpile. It’s not supposed to be states’ stockpiles that they then use,” he … Continue reading

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Team of stable geniuses

Given the situation with COVID-19, I was reminded of a Politico article from earlier this winter describing a feud between Seema Verma and Alex Azar, both now members of the COVID-19 “task force” led by Pence: Azar, Verma battle for … Continue reading

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The Mortgage Interest Deduction and Inequality

This article is a good read: How Homeownership Became the Engine of American Inequality It contains some historical points about the New Deal that I didn’t know, and describes the emergence of the so-called “submerged state” I’ve written about previously.

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So true

While reading “The Bertrand Russell Collection: 8 Classic Works” last night, I accidentally read this sentence: That some risk of error remains must be admitted, since human beings are fallible. …as… That some risk of error remains must be admitted, … Continue reading

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ST:STCS Site – Make It Not So

I received a copyright infringement notice letter from CBS today referring to my computer conversion of the old FASA Star Trek: Starship Tactical Combat Simulator game. Consequently, I’ve taken the site down and the game is no longer being distributed. … Continue reading

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