Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Repeat Tweets: Can You Say "Pander"?

Repeat tweets from January, 2016:

  • Jan 1 2016: RT @CarlyFiorina: "Love my alma mater, but rooting for a Hawkeyes win today. #RoseBowl" Can you say "pander?"
  • Jan 2 2016: RT @GroverNorquist: "To understand what Obama wants in our future...Watch the Star Wars movies and imagine that only the storm troopers have guns." Did he just equate the US military and American police to Star Wars storm troopers? Despicable.
  • Jan 2 2016: RT @justinc: "Idea: never go for two." Neither team went for two without being required to. Oregon should have gone for two to win but didn't and lost.

After the jump, more repeat tweets.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Decoherence and Disharmony

In October, I mused on an essay by Brookings scholar Philip A. Wallach on the subject of "decoherence", the notion that American governance is coming apart at the seams. Some evidence on the left is in President Obama's use of executive orders to get anything done in the face of an obstructionist Congress. And on the right it's in the curious admiration many Republicans express for Russian President Putin for his defiance of international law to further Russian interests.

Today's musing is on a related article that connects today's mood in America with a recurring phenomenon in American politics identified by Samuel Huntington in a 1981 book, "American Politics: Promise of Disharmony." Again, Lee Drutman of Vox Media reviews it.

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Kiss Me Kate at LHHS

From 2016 00 00 Miscellaneous
Kiss Me Kate at LHHS: Couple fight and woo onstage and off. Shakespeare, laughs, and such talented voices top to bottom.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Grease at BHS

From 2016 00 00 Miscellaneous
Grease at BHS: 2016 kids in '80s musical about '50s rock and roll. Spirited production. Great singing and dancing (and sax solo).

Friday, January 29, 2016

Singin' in the Rain at PHS

From 2016 00 00 Miscellaneous
Singin' in the Rain at PHS: Great singing, dancing, acting, costumes, set, lighting and sound. All-around hit.