We are going to have fun tonight! 7:30 pm EST/6:30 CST on “The Rinse,” Brad Sowinski’s FB podcast, we shall talk about guns.

Brad’s out there following Phish (I think that’s a band) and that leaves Drew Weingarten and me to talk about guns. By “gun” we mean “firearm,” and that is “any weapon [ ] which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such weapon.” 18 U.S.C. §921.

“Guns” means plural,…

History is “a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events.” [FN1] Accuracy of the record of events is necessary, or else the explanation of the events is, at best, fiction. At worst, a false telling of the past gives rise to beliefs based on lies. History provides examples. 1/16

On 5/10/1933, in 19 university towns, “huge numbers of books ... were piled up and set a light.” [FN2] A 7/30/1933 “decree laid down ‘Guidelines for History Textbooks’” & “history lessons”…

Last evening, on Brad Sowinski’s FB podcast “The Rinse,” [FN1] between panelists’ (minus me) and viewers’ comments, a general view was that the World is peachy-keen about the U.S. as host of this year’s World Cup. I asked whether U.S. border cops were hassling teams. 1/10



I was not acculturated to soccer/football in the 1970s. I’m not a fan, but this morning I read that trump had called FIFA’s president to review a “red card” call & one-game suspension of a USMNT player. [FN2]…

Of many adjectives that can be used to describe Indiana’s AG, Todd Rokita, none is good. His FB post of 7/1 blends ignorance of American history and racism in classic Rokita fashion and was in advance of the July 4th holiday. In relevant part that post stated: 1/13

“You are probably familiar with Patrick Henry’s famous words: ‘Give me liberty or give me death!’ ... [A] passionate Virginia leader, his oratory helped spark the fight for American independence [and he] authorized George…