Trump adviser Stephen Miller said: “Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots.” Is this really what we want? Wouldn’t we rather that our children be taught the unvarnished truth about the United States …
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The Price of Eggs
It’s hard to know exactly what Trump means when he says this, not that any sensible person believes a word he says. A price can’t fall more than 100%. If eggs were $7/dozen and they fell 100%, they’d be free. …
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Amusing but Important Note to Parents
One thing is certain about the photo of the toddler here: He didn’t invent this level of anger on his own; he picked it up from someone, most likely his father. I had a similar experience, and I learned something …
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Homophobia
What Jodie Foster says here about homosexuality is what I have believed since I was old enough to understand what this subject was all about. Homophobia is like hating people with red hair or brown eyes. It’s senseless. It’s hate …
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Words from One of the Very Few Trump Supporting Celebrities
If I had been born without a conscience, I would have fashioned a career focused on ripping off idiots, which wouldn’t have been at all difficult, and I would have developed rhetoric like what we have here. I have to admit, …
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Elon Musk Took America to the Cleaners
The data points that former Labor Secretary Robert Reich lays out here show how Elon Musk completely fleeced the United States. Not sure how even the very bottom of the educational barrel could think that Trump’s blend of stupidity and …
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Making It Even Tougher on Consumers
We’ve all seen the many covert ways that merchants employ to take advantage of their customers. The other day, I was talking to the recently retired VP Marketing at the roast beef sandwich chain Arby’s, and I asked him if …
Correlation vs. Causation
When we look at the map at left, showing cardiac related deaths during 2013 compared to Waffle House locations, our immediate thought is that the fast food chain is causing cardiac arrest. And, given that they serve up mass quantities …
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The Disappearance of Kindness
Certainly the poem here by John Roedel speaks to many of us, in particular the lost art of kindness. This from Aldous Huxley: It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and …
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Chevron Wants Us to Fight Against Gas Taxes, Not Their Greed
Chevron is trying to convince us that the problem with high gasoline prices is the taxes we pay to keep our roads from falling apart. If we feel we’re paying too much at the pump, they want us to call …
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