Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

In reply to mlyoung57. As I’ve said on Facebook, I’ve been pretty satisfied with Phil Murphy’s response to the pandemic. Given our medical situation, he faces a more urgent set of problems than Raimondo, but I think he’s acquitt…

In reply to Raymond Raad. Well, I’m glad we’re on the same page. I actually think it’s less a matter of doing one’s homework than of having local knowledge born of five decades of living in New Jersey. Having lived here all my l…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. By the way, you should tune into one of Raimondo’s daily updates. She is not Mrs. Charisma by any means — which I like (low-flash, high-competence). But she is focused like a laser on getting people back to work…

In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Unfortunately, the following fantasy of mine has been dashed: Bernie stays in and locks up enough delegates that Biden cannot take it first-ballot; Dems realize that Biden is experiencing alarming cognitive decline and also …

Thanks for putting in the effort to look up some jurisdictions. I must say, this changes my perspective a lot. I had been approaching the whole question on the assumption that local parks are closed. Since they are closed around me to avoid overcrow…

In reply to mlyoung57. I like Raimondo’s suggestion. Making a mental note to pay more attention to her in the future. I only noticed her in passing, when the controversy arose over New Yorkers driving in to Rhode Island. But I agreed with her aga…

Here is another alternative: close the parking lots of parks so that only folks local to the state parks can use them. This is what Gina Raimondo, the Governor of RI, is doing and it seems to be working. She has said — in a scolding, school-mar…