Fortunately for the state of North Carolina, most of its residents share the political sensibilities of the more productive and civilized states. The author of the meme probably doesn’t know that California, if it were a country, would be the …
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Why Can’t We Have More Congressional Republicans with High Moral Character, Like This One?
Lauren Boebert is a darling among the Christian right in rural Colorado. And with this resumé, why shouldn’t she be? Now is a great time in history to stretch our understanding of right and wrong. After all, we live in …
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Physics Is Very Unlikely to Achieve a Complete Understanding of the Universe
It’s true that the physicists of the later 19th Century believed that they had discovered all the major, basic principles that govern the universe. Then, of course, came Einstein, followed by the quantum physicists and all the theoretical stuff that …
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Influencing an Election
Apparently, Trump’s legal team has run out of ammunition in one of the former president’s election interference cases, though what they’re asserting here is correct. Unfortunately for them, there is something wrong with committing crimes, felonies, to be more specific. …
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Attacking Public Education
Great quote from public intellectual Garrison Keillor here. Yet keep in mind that those working to weaken public education couldn’t care less about some notion of “community.” Whether these people are Christian fundamentalists, or some other form of small-government zealot, …
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Christian Movements
News flash: If you’re a part of a “Christian movement” that demands that “the government be a part of God’s wrath,” you have deep-seated psychological issues that are unlikely to resolve by encountering some meme on social media.
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Scandinavia and Electric Vehicles
When we look at new car sales in Norway, we see that only one in 10 is powered by an internal combustion engine. Admittedly, Northern Europe has many positive geographic and demographic features: a strong supply of renewable energy resources, …
Women Voting in 2024–Abortion Is One of Many Issues
It’s hard to imagine any self-respecting woman voting for someone who is proud of the work he’s done in removing the right to an abortion. Who doesn’t love Betty White? “If men could get pregnant, abortions would be available at …
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Some Global Warming Technologies Are “Sexier” Than Others
Here’s an NPR segment on the “sexiness” of climate science, in which the concepts of geoengineering and nuclear fusion are explored. The point is that, while things like covering large land masses with solar and wind farms may be practical, …
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Why We Trust Scientists
At left is a meme supporting the mode of thinking employed by conspiracy theorists, i.e., that they, unlike the rest of us, “have the cognitive capacity to think critically for themselves.” In fact, the reason that reasonable people trust science …
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