When you or I read what Joe Biden said last night (see left), we tend to think: “Of course. Our democracy is indeed in danger, and we need to fight to keep it from being usurped by Trump and his …
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Sanctuary Cities
When I came across the meme here, I thought it was a joke. Does somebody seriously believe that there are “anti-ICE rioters” that they’re doing damage to our cities? Chewing on this further, I suppose that the most gullible members …
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What Americans Mean by “The South”
Most Americans have their own take on the geography of the South. For me, it’s not completely geographic; it’s partly sociographic. For example, Northern Virginia is about as cosmopolitan a place as you’re going to find in the United States, …
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Why Steve Schmidt Left the Republican Party — and What We Can All Learn
I know lots of wealthy people from prep school, college, and several decades of business consulting, all of whom seemed like decent folks at the time. Yet now, I sometimes wonder how many are Trump donors. It’s upsetting just to …
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An Idea for the Permian Basin: Leave It Alone
The Permian Basin is a vast sedimentary basin in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico that is the largest oil and gas-producing region in the United States. I just got an email from “East Daley,” whose white paper Permian Basin …
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Does Killing Innocent People Cause Americans “Outrage?”
A reader notes: These are war crimes meant to test the amount of public outrage they can get away with. That’s a distinct possibility, though it’s hard to know the precise motive for these crimes. Obviously, Trump supporters have no …
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Is the System Rigged?
If I were writing the piece at left, I wouldn’t say, “the system is rigged,” because that implies some clandestine. I would say the system is designed to make rich people richer, and to ignore the needs of the masses. …
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What Can Trump Destroy?
In other posts, we’ve looked at the prospects of a massive refusal on the part of America’s top military to follow a manifestly illegal order, like invading Canada. What about a less dramatic case? What if I were the chief …
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Why Norway Is a World Leader in Renewables
It’s true that Norway is a world leader in renewable energy. To be fair, however, they have a few things going for them. One is the hydro resource itself, which is enormous, especially considering the nation’s small population. The other, and …
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Germany and the U.S. — a Key Difference
As I mentioned in my recent post on Germany, we have a president in the United States who’s doing everything in his power to destroy the entire renewable energy industry, and, thus, is creating a real problem for those concerned …
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