When you and I were young, if someone said that Canada was south of the United States, or that vast numbers of penguins inhabited our Great Plains, they wouldn’t have been taken too seriously. Now, truth has ceased to matter …
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William Is Happy to have Gold as a Hedge Against Inflation
It’s funny. My gardener, Gonzalo, says the precise same thing. I’m glad he’s happy, but that doesn’t make investment in gold a good idea.
Removing Trump Because He Falls Asleep??
Speaking strictly for myself, I will be saddened if Trump is removed from office because he falls asleep at important meetings, or due to any other physical or mental failing associated with aging. The majority of Americans and virtually the …
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Do We Respect and Admire Smart People?
What this guy said has probably always been true, but the age of Trump has brought it into crystal clarity. Human society has always had its intellectuals, but for every one of them, there have been thousands of people who …
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Who Believes This?
We live among idiots. There’s little more to be said.
On Atheism
What neuroscientist and public intellectual Sam Harris says about the thought expressed at left is, “There is no reason for us to have the word ‘atheist’ in our language. Is there a word that means ‘the group of people who …
America’s War on Science
“Failure to conduct an oversight hearing on Secretary Kennedy’s actions would be an abdication of our responsibility—both from a moral perspective and as a matter of sound public health policy,” argues Sen. Bernie Sanders and HELP Committee Democrats. One of …
Plato on Injustice
IMO, what Plato said here is true in some cases, but certainly not all. Lots of people, me included, make a big deal out of standing up against injustice, even though we’re extremely unlikely to be personally victimized by it. …
What Trump Is and Is Not
I like the idea expressed here, and I would include: Honesty, trustworthiness, warmth, humor, mercy, charity, integrity, kindness, helpfulness, fairness, curiosity, and empathy.
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What We’ve Become: Trump Calls Somalis “Garbage”
What can the rest of the world possibly think about a country whose leader makes a disgusting generality about the people of another nation? Why in hell can’t we remove him?
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