My theory on the subject here is that Trump’s lies are so common and blatant that they do not damage the adoration that his supporters have for him. They are willing to justify his complete lack of honesty with malarkey …
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Common Trait of Trump Supporters: Arrogance
In healthcare, we have people who think they know better than the doctors and medical scientists. In climate change, it’s arguably even more offensive. Here, we have the climate deniers who claim that the true cause of our warming temperatures …
Over the Coming Four Years, Will You Win or Lose?
It’s a question of who you are and how you define winning. Suppose a) you’re filthy rich, b) Trump’s economic policies, e.g., tariffs, don’t send us into a tailspin, c) you couldn’t care less about the wellbeing of the common …
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Americans Divided on Donald Trump
The words of journalist Dan Rather here remind us of something happening here in the United States that doesn’t seem to be changing over time. Americans’ perceptions of Donald Trump fall into one of three categories: He’s a vile criminal, …
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The Cult of Trump
Perhaps the most important criterion for determining if a certain group is a cult is as follows: Its leader is always right. In other words, if it appears to you that the leader made a mistake, it is you who …
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Fixing the Earth
It’s good to see this concept gaining ground. We have the resources to deal with each of our civilization’s woes: starvation, destitution, ignorance, baking temperatures, and so on. All we need is the political will.
A Significant Portion of Latino Voters Went for Trump
Every year, almost exactly one million American citizens of Hispanic descent turn 18 and become eligible to vote. When this figure first came to light, progressives cheered. After all, we wondered, won’t virtually every one of these young people embrace …
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How 20th Century Astronomer Carl Sagan Would Regard Today’s Society
Please take a second to read this dialog between Stephen Colbert and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Is this what would have surprised Carl Sagan most? I doubt it. From what I can remember, he had a low opinion of our civilization …
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Incremental Improvement
MLK’s famous quote at left and that from lesser-known Pittsburgh sportswriter Harry Psaros (below) seem to be saying essentially the same thing, i.e., that small but steady improvements are possible, and that they’re the best we can hope for. Before …
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The Cost of Coal
Here at 2GreenEnergy we’ve discussed the externalities of fossil fuel consumption hundreds of times since our inception in 2009. An externality is a term in economics, meaning the costs associated with transactions that are shifted off to unwary third parties. …
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