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Posts Tagged → satire
I Could Be Wrong
Randy Newman has release a new collection of his songs, the first in almost a decade, and it is wonderful. The first “album” I’ve bought in many years.
He recently performed four of the tracks for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert and it’s a great showcase of Newman’s talent as both a song writer and performer.
Although the song “Putin” is the one that seems to be getting lots of attention, my favorite, both in this performance and the album, is “It’s a Jungle Out There”. Newman has taken his fun, character-appropriate theme from the TV show “Monk” and turned it into an also fun but very satirical reflection on the paranoia (possibly justified) of modern life.
I could be wrong now… but I don’t think so.
The Funny Side of Standardized Testing
In 18 minutes, John Oliver completely tears apart the culture of standardized testing now sucking up far too much instructional time and student attention in our schools. I think he spends more time discussing Pearson’s malpractice than all the news channels combined did in the past year.
There’s not much more you can say.
Word Play
In the world of politics, “liberal” is generally considered the opposite of “conservative”.
Liberals often refer to themselves as “progressives” and the dictionary says “open-minded” is a synonym for liberal.
So, does that mean the opposite of those terms, “regressive” and “close-minded” would be synonyms for conservative?Â
Sorry. Just some thoughts that keep jumping into my head as I consume the news.
Of course, as someone who majored in math, not English, I could have my etymology all screwed up.
Maybe the conclusion of my syllogism only applies to severe conservatives.
Revealing the Science Conspiracy
In a well-written and very funny six minutes, Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi demonstrates why the best efforts of science educators are being undermined by adult stupidity.
Why does any thinking person listen to that woman? Oh, yeah, I forgot. She’s on Fox “news”, where science is whatever the script writers say it is.