It’s hard to imagine how certain politicians can lose in the 2026 midterms, even with “the kiss of death” (Trump’s endorsement). This guy’s district in Texas is largely the panhandle, far from the more educated and sophisticated parts of the …
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I met a guy yesterday who told me, “We live on this planet at the generosity of the forces of nature. These privileges can be withdrawn at any time, and without notice.” I thought that was clever.
Everyone living in the United States benefits from our federal, state, and local governments in many dozens of different ways, from roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, banking insurance, help for veterans, national forests, public schooling (K-12), firefighting, criminal justice, fuel pipelines, …
Historians point to Andrew Jackson, with his butchering of the Native Americans, to the presidents immediately before and after the U.S. Civil War, and to Warren Harding as the previous “worst presidents in our nation’s history.” Having said that, regardless …
The meme here is a reminder that to call oneself a “conservative” used to mean something, other than the desire to conserve America’s racist and imperialistic heritage. There have been conservatives all throughout U.S. history. For some reason, our nation’s …
Sadly, the world must deal with the cottage industry that has arisen to generate and publish malicious bullshit about electric transportation and clean energy more generally. The efficiency of internal combustion engines is in the 20s, where the efficiency of …
Imagine what our country, and our world, would be like today if the United States had addressed Donald Trump’s attempt to overthrow the U.S. government as the act of treason it was. Former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro staged a …
I met a guy earlier today who told me that wind and solar are controversial, and that some people say that the mining and manufacturing of wind turbines requires more fossil fuels than the turbines themselves produce. I told him …
As bad as things are in the United States, they could always get worse. Trump could succeed in his quest to be a dictator, Christianity could be taught in schools, and unvaccinated adults and their kids could trigger another epidemic. …
As shown at left, unless your theistic views are harming others, atheists will simply leave you alone. Examples of “harming others” include teaching creationism in schools as science and going to war because you believe God or Jesus wants you …
