Welcome to Gristmill Sites, by Dint. Theme: No Easy Meanings. Vet Everythig. Is There an Agenda?

This lists our multiple-topic sites, that grew like Topsy over the years. Commentary that began as political, or cultural, or any other emphasis, ended up including substantial history, however. Whimsy turned darker. Or a language analysis showed a different meaning to accepted texts, raising issues of agenda, propaganda, manipulation. So, we index the sites themselves here, with their major emphases.

For annotations, and the separate topics, see the companion Dint site, Topics by Dint The Sites by Dint index differentiates between the URL's, although they are beginning to converge. It reinforces the concept of vetting as the first step to problem-solving. Take a position, carefully, if at all, later; and stay open. There may be another angle.

Overall: Pragmatic secularism in legislation and areas of human interaction; one's own religious views to manage private life, as desired; receptiveness to new ideas; rejection of ideologies applied without further analysis.

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Politics, Governing


The Fodder Site. Hello Fodder. Which Way at the Fork
Fodder. Disposable people. How do some overcome the cultural pressures to stay there.  What cultural pressures are at work to keep people down: role definitions, demonizing attributes, fear of loss of status if others are allowed to progress, propaganda. What else?  What chance does change have, against massive funding to prevent change.

Joy of Equivocating, Fear of Fog
What is the role of ambiguity in our culture. Is there pressure to define, make certain, even when definition and certainty are impossible.  Does the resulting fake-certainty, in religion, political positions, policy, roles, lead to instability.  Is the instability of fake-certainty worse than the instability of acknowledging wiggle room for ideas.

Posejuxta: Planks for People. Legislation for a Common Good
Turn positions into actual language, to implement. Or to show that implementation of that particular idea is not feasible.  What would a policy look like, on the law books. 
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