The story at left is a strange one, though worth telling for a good reason: We all should make sure that money plays its proper role in our lives. One part of this tale rings particularly true: avoid displays of …
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A Man of Paradoxes
I would describe what Rousseau said about himself here as “gutsy.” Most of us don’t want paradoxes in our mental lives; such “cognitive dissonance” as it is called is an uncomfortable phenomenon.
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Can Love and Truth Defeat Evil?
If Dickens’ hope as expressed here is going to come to fruition, it will be because decent people actively made it happen. When I was a little boy my grandfather told me, “Try to leave this world in better condition …
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Trump Supporters Don’t Care that He’s a Pathological Liar
Trump’s following of amoral rich people and uneducated whites seems to be remaining in place, because neither group actually cares too much about the veracity of what comes out of his mouth. The former group is getting tax breaks, and …
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Canada Retaliates, Hitting Americans Hard
Donna Smedley writes: Remember when Canada and the U.S. were best friends? Hockey jokes, Niagara Falls road trips, and snowbirds flooding Florida condo boards with drunk westerners getting arrested in VEGAS? Yeah. That relationship’s gone. Welcome to Canada’s unofficial, but …
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The American Lawn
Without doubt, a cleanly and frequently mowed lawn of some variety of grass was the paradigm for our front and back yards when we were young. Many of us today, however, if we had it to do over again, would …
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America’s Wanton Cruelty
It’s hard to know how the mass deportation of law-abiding though undocumented workers will turn out. Here are a few possibilities: The economic collapse of entire industries like farming, construction, hospitality, and the management of restaurants. This exercise in stupidity …
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Another Perspective on Trump
At left are the words of billionaire Mark Cuban, offering an observation on the U.S. president that we don’t encounter every day. Look, I understand that we, as flawed human beings, are capable of electing a flawed president. But I …
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On Being “Woke”
It’s great to see the new pope promoting kindness. This represents real change from the entire history of the church before Pope Francis came along in 2013.
Ending Medicaid Will Destroy Many Millions of American Lives
Actor and political activist George Takei writes: They are taking money from the poor to hand to the rich. We must reject the “Big Beautiful” Bullshit. Indeed we must. It’s shameful.
