tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1954019122451303336..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Sidebar ChangesRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-6175161417999306572021-11-01T10:06:17.420-04:002021-11-01T10:06:17.420-04:00I don't think the collapsitarians realize what...I don't think the collapsitarians realize what they're asking for and I'm really afraid they're going to get itRob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15604826633798229422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-88420904066076651432021-11-01T08:32:48.793-04:002021-11-01T08:32:48.793-04:00That's a remarkably hopeful piece for the Gray...That's a remarkably hopeful piece for the Gray Lady -- small wonder it's from an outsider, an historian. Thank you for the link!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-60880421622141610802021-10-31T20:42:20.757-04:002021-10-31T20:42:20.757-04:00This is absolutely worth a read...
https://www.ny...This is absolutely worth a read...<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/29/opinion/normal-politics-gilded-age.html Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-46591572376975615982021-10-31T12:23:08.620-04:002021-10-31T12:23:08.620-04:00We can now communicate widely - instantaneously an...We can now communicate widely - instantaneously and without proper pondering. This has led many of us to despair. (In the case of some of us, the despair is that we, ourselves, fall into the trap.)<br /><br />P.S. I am honored to be a "Blogfriend". Thank you!Cop Carhttps://jelliclecat.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86667613329713504482021-10-31T08:34:16.526-04:002021-10-31T08:34:16.526-04:00I have found it deeply disappointing. The amount ...I have found it deeply disappointing. The amount of wishful thinking, willing cultivation of person "reality" that is anything but, the elevation of personality and image over philosophy in politics, and the dispargement of genuine expertise in every field has been heartbreaking for me.<br /><br /> This is a country of robust disagreements; that's normal. But they were once sincere and serious -- and many of them could be safely ignored. None of that is true today.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-21920695527768604752021-10-30T23:56:49.647-04:002021-10-30T23:56:49.647-04:00Watching people's cheese slide off their crack...Watching people's cheese slide off their crackers in real time has been unpleasant.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com