What Gun Background Checks Can’t Detect: Stupidity
It’s a good thing I don’t own a gun. I am hopelessly absent-minded. If I did own one, I would probably set it down next to my hair dryer, or beside my TV remote, or on my night table next to my alarm...
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Lies, Liars, and Lying
Everyone lies. Every minute of every day, someone is lying. Even animals lie. Scientists tell us that chimps who were taught sign language shamelessly tell whoppers: Who broke the vase? Chimp signs:...
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Case Against Pulse Nightclub Shooter’s Wife Falls Apart
Back in a January 2017 article, we asked: “Did the Feds Indict the Wife of Orlando Shooter for Sins of Her Husband?” It turns out the answer to that question is: probably. It’s either that or the FBI...
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Colleges and Landlords Are Crushing Millennials with Debt
The youngest millennials — Americans born between 1977 to 1995 — graduated college a year ago, but they may soon realize that the initiation into adulthood is a far cry from joining a sorority or...
View ArticleSinclair’s Pro-Trump Script Shows Danger of Media Consolidation
That news outfits are mere conveyors of unbiased information is a conceit almost no one entertains, particularly with regard to developments in Washington. But still, it’s rare to see such an...
View ArticleTo Facebook, You’re Not the Customer, You’re the Product
Imagine a stranger walking up to you on the street and saying: “If you give me your personal information and that of your friends and family, I’ll tell you which character from Harry Potter you are.”...
View ArticleFarewell to a Hypocrite
De’Quanda Jackson stands for many of the things conservatives don’t like about the way the US operates these days. She began getting government checks from the time she was 16 and used the money to go...
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Funny, Wise Quotations on Taxes
This article was originally published April 15, 2016. Filling Out Tax Forms with Fiction . Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. (Herman Wouk) The income tax created...
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Classic Who: Memorial Day in Searing Images
In his book From Here to Eternity, James Jones described the magic moment when his lead character first picked up a bugle. The young man had loved the blues, and now he would be able to play them. He...
View ArticleEvangelicals: Putting the ‘Ass’ in ‘Compassion’
A Pew Research Center survey last week found that the group least likely to say that the US has a responsibility to allow refugees into the country were white evangelical Protestants. It’s ironic that...
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Great Quotations on Secrets
We at WhoWhatWhy say that “We do not cover the news. We uncover the truth.” And of course we are referring to the secret ways of the world. But there are other secrets, the personal kind, and they have...
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