The Spirited Reasoner

Spirited Reasoners have never understood the degree of venom often spewed by right-wing demagogues at the four most recent Democratic Presidents: Carter, Clinton, Obama, and Biden. We would understand their…

We learned this past week that Fox News and its parent, Fox Corp., agreed to settle the defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. See, https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170339114/fox-news-settles-blockbuster-defamation-lawsuit-with-dominion-voting-systems Although pundits opined prior…

This past week, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested for the unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified defense information. See, https://www.npr.org/2023/04/14/1169952771/jack-teixeira-background-pentagon-document-leak What intrigues Spirited…

Let’s begin this week’s blog post by (shockingly) agreeing with Tennessee Republicans on one narrow issue; namely, that it’s not okay for legislators to disrupt proceedings for over an hour…

Spirited Reasoners are too sharp to miss important historical milestones. One of those was encountered earlier this week when Finland—which “enjoys” an 832-mile border with Russia—was flashed the final green…