Archive - Singal-Minded

Life *Is* Strange, Which Is Why Journalists Need To Adhere To Rigorous Standards And Transparency

On a recent IGN investigation

Apr 10 •

I Guess I’m Fundamentally Confused About The “Is-Trump-Fascist” Debate

(In that I am not sure why we should care)

Apr 8 •

Is It Ever Okay To Help Someone Die Because They Have Unbearable Depression?

On an interesting article about psychiatric medical assistance in dying

Apr 3 •

March 2024

Public Figures Shouldn’t Issue Provocative Proclamations About Police Shootings That Just Occurred

Or any other breaking news!

Mar 31 •

One Easy Trick To Write Unreadable Cultural Criticism

″I’m arriving at this film angry, so I’m going to review it in a very petty way” is a foul recipe

Mar 28 •

Why Is The Same Misleading Language About Youth Gender Medicine Copied And Pasted Into Dozens Of CNN.com Articles?

Journalism at its not-best

Mar 22 •

Andrea Long Chu’s ‘New York’ Cover Story About Trans Kids Is, Above All Else, Lazy

This comes across more as a trolling attempt than anything

Mar 18 •

The Eternal Conundrum Of The Unknowable Voter

Pundits repeat the same mistakes endlessly because it’s hard to understand the sorts of voters who will likely determine the winner in 2024

Mar 14 •

Criminal Justice Reform Is Good, But, Like Everything, It Requires Common Sense And Moderation

Controversial take: cities shouldn’t let drug addicts rot in the street

Mar 4 •

February 2024

If You Can’t See That Adam Rubenstein Was Treated Unfairly, You’re Being A Jerk

It’s time for my quarterly navel-gazing media kvetch-session

Feb 29 •

Let's Discuss One Of The Worst Ideas Influential Public Intellectuals Have Embraced Recently

Don’t confuse symptoms with causes

Feb 28 •

Bret Weinstein Sure Has A Lot Of Theories

It’s frustrating to watch the worst sort of conspiracy theorist become a thought leader by scaring and misleading people

Feb 22 •

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