John McNaughton
@jmcna.bsky.social
Enlightenment Rationalist. Big John Dewey fan.
So much for the "ham sandwich" theory.
December 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
So much for the "ham sandwich" theory.
So much for the "ham sandwich" theory.
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So much for the "ham sandwich" theory.
Paging Jake Tapper...
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Paging Jake Tapper...
Yes, it all began with Bush vs. Gore.
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Yes, it all began with Bush vs. Gore.
"It was a dark and stormy night..."
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"It was a dark and stormy night..."
As prophesied in Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, journalism (along with every other major social institution, including our political system), was subsumed by the entertainment industry.
The goal of journalism, as practiced by the major news organizations, is not to inform, but to entertain.
The goal of journalism, as practiced by the major news organizations, is not to inform, but to entertain.
December 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
As prophesied in Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, journalism (along with every other major social institution, including our political system), was subsumed by the entertainment industry.
The goal of journalism, as practiced by the major news organizations, is not to inform, but to entertain.
The goal of journalism, as practiced by the major news organizations, is not to inform, but to entertain.
As the ancient Canadian joke goes, "How can you tell when it's November in Toronto? It's when the Leafs start falling."
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
As the ancient Canadian joke goes, "How can you tell when it's November in Toronto? It's when the Leafs start falling."
375 carrier landings? That's nuts!
In the early astronaut corps, the Air Force test pilots would joke about never trusting anyone crazy enough to land jet planes on a "floating raft".
In the early astronaut corps, the Air Force test pilots would joke about never trusting anyone crazy enough to land jet planes on a "floating raft".
November 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
375 carrier landings? That's nuts!
In the early astronaut corps, the Air Force test pilots would joke about never trusting anyone crazy enough to land jet planes on a "floating raft".
In the early astronaut corps, the Air Force test pilots would joke about never trusting anyone crazy enough to land jet planes on a "floating raft".
The very definition of circular logic.
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The very definition of circular logic.
Just imagine if Joe Biden...oh, never
mind.
mind.
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Just imagine if Joe Biden...oh, never
mind.
mind.
And to make it worse, they all worked under the direction of Ted Cruz, who ran Bush's Florida recount operation.
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
And to make it worse, they all worked under the direction of Ted Cruz, who ran Bush's Florida recount operation.
It's simply amazing how Rod Serling and crew were able to crank out quality scripts like this every week for 39 weeks a season.
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's simply amazing how Rod Serling and crew were able to crank out quality scripts like this every week for 39 weeks a season.
And of course the Times sends out the reporter who covered him in 2024 to write the story. He has every incentive in the world to demean Bidan as a way of removing his fingerprints off his body.
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
And of course the Times sends out the reporter who covered him in 2024 to write the story. He has every incentive in the world to demean Bidan as a way of removing his fingerprints off his body.
Jeff, can you tell us who exactly is on the Post's current Editorial Board?
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Jeff, can you tell us who exactly is on the Post's current Editorial Board?
Just imagine if Joe Biden...oh, never mind.
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Just imagine if Joe Biden...oh, never mind.
Hegel and Marx have nothing on Fox when it comes to dialectical reasoning.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hegel and Marx have nothing on Fox when it comes to dialectical reasoning.
Scientists refer to this phenomenon as the Mamdani Effect, which only occurs the day after a socialist gets elected to office.
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Scientists refer to this phenomenon as the Mamdani Effect, which only occurs the day after a socialist gets elected to office.
Haliburton money 💰.
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Haliburton money 💰.
Don't forget the Frankfurt School. Nothing like a little Marcuse, Adorno or Habermas to stir up the base.
November 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Don't forget the Frankfurt School. Nothing like a little Marcuse, Adorno or Habermas to stir up the base.
It all began with Bush vs. Gore. Lacking any standing to intervene in Florida's recount (later admitted by Justice O'Connor), the Court created a flimsy pretext that Bush's civil rights were being violated by the delay in the recount. They then declared this intervention to be non-precedent setting.
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It all began with Bush vs. Gore. Lacking any standing to intervene in Florida's recount (later admitted by Justice O'Connor), the Court created a flimsy pretext that Bush's civil rights were being violated by the delay in the recount. They then declared this intervention to be non-precedent setting.
Sacked by his own player!
October 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sacked by his own player!
I always go back to Sen. Eugene McCarthy's famous description of the centrist who, "once the battle is safely over, walks around the battlefield shooting the wounded".
October 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I always go back to Sen. Eugene McCarthy's famous description of the centrist who, "once the battle is safely over, walks around the battlefield shooting the wounded".
I still think his book, The Game, was the greatest sports book ever written. I still pick it up every once and awhile and read a chapter or two.
In the book, he and his fellow Canadiens were very bitter about what the bully Flyers had done to the game of hockey. They saw their dynasty as payback.
In the book, he and his fellow Canadiens were very bitter about what the bully Flyers had done to the game of hockey. They saw their dynasty as payback.
October 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I still think his book, The Game, was the greatest sports book ever written. I still pick it up every once and awhile and read a chapter or two.
In the book, he and his fellow Canadiens were very bitter about what the bully Flyers had done to the game of hockey. They saw their dynasty as payback.
In the book, he and his fellow Canadiens were very bitter about what the bully Flyers had done to the game of hockey. They saw their dynasty as payback.