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Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Humping Through 2020

By Tim Knight - 5 years ago (31, Dec 2020 9:37:42 AM)

I find the diagram below to be fascinating. It shows the various news stories as they progressed through the year. I remember like it was yesterday – – although it feels like twenty years ago – – being on an airport bus after dropping off my rental car, hearing about the killing of General Qasem Soleimani. Boy, did that news get old fast! What I find especially interesting is to take note as to how some stories persist (“absentee ballot”) whereas others burst on the scene and disappear just as quickly (“murder hornet”).

Side-by-Side Truths

By Tim Knight - 5 years ago (13, Dec 2020 10:15:17 AM)

Another examples of adjacent headlines that were absolutely made for one another.

Slippery Slope

By Tim Knight - 5 years ago (28, Oct 2020 5:32:31 PM)

With a mere six days to go until the throbbing election, I wanted to leave these recent headlines (especially those from a breathless Tyler) as marker stones. I present them with no comment, except for a pledge to revisit them in a week should they appear to deem themselves fallacious.