League of Morons

by Steve Heikkila August 6, 2020

League of Morons

The moron logic bandied about these days is almost painful to witness. From Donald Trump suggesting that we can curb COVID-19 cases if we only stop testing so much, to Senator Lindsey Graham (and others) suggesting that the reason unemployment is high is because the government is paying them unemployment insurance. You’d think they’d be embarrassed to say these things, but clearly they’re not. Of course in both cases, the consequences of the stupid means devastated American lives.

by Steve Heikkila

About Steve Heikkila

Steve Heikkila lived in four different US states before starting Kindergarten. He’s lived a relatively rootless American existence ever since. As the first in a working class family to go to college, Steve has had an extremely varied work life, from auto mechanic in North Carolina to university professor in Georgia and South Carolina. His graduate studies focused on moral and political philosophy and the philosophy of modernity. After earning his PhD in 1996, Steve worked for several years in exploitively underpaid non-tenure track university positions before eventually leaving academia for more economically viable career opportunities. He now lives in the Pacific Northwest in an urban coastal liberal elite bubble, working as a contingent, adjunct-like marketing consultant. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, writing, alpine mountaineering, and impersonating Abraham Lincoln.