Year: 2016
The Worst Way To Fight Fake News
There’s been a lot of talk about “fake news” lately, apparently because some people blame it for Donald Trump’s election. Over at Bloomberg View, columnist Noah Feldman, who’s also a professor of constitutional and international law at Harvard, thinks it’s time to do something about it. Basically, he doesn’t think our experiment with free speech… Read more
Deceitful Words: Disqualifying
This is the first of what I hope will be a series of posts about words and phrases that should make you suspect that someone is trying to get something past you. I’m starting with one that we heard a lot of during this last election: “Disqualifying.” People kept saying things like: “Hillary Clinton’s risking… Read more
Some Observations on Halderman’s Concerns About Election Hacking
Word has been going around that some computer scientists have urged Clinton to challenge the election results because of possible hacking-related voter fraud in key states: Hillary Clinton’s campaign is being urged by a number of top computer scientists to call for a recount of vote totals in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to a source… Read more
Try
Try to remember to be kind to people. Try to remember to be kind to people. Try to remember to be kind to people. Try to remember to be kind to people. Try to remember to be kind to people. Try to remember to be kind to people. Try to remember to be kind to… Read more
Election Day 2016 – Ivy and Beezle
One more stress-reducing cat picture on this election day: Here are my cats Ivy and Beezle in a rare photo where they’re together and holding still. Read more