We’re just now learning about the factors that put Trump back into the White House. In particular, too few voters are capable of understanding the issues, and, as a consequence, too few showed up at the polls. Many people, me …
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Is the World Laughing at the United States?
Are they laughing? In a word, no. Quite the contrary. Most of the Earth’s population has historically counted on the U.S. to do the right thing when it comes to things like human rights and rule of law, and they …
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Who Should Pay for Environmental Damage?
When Americans went to the polls earlier this week, the idea expressed in the meme here went from a real possibility to a pipe dream. On a related note, 54% of Americans aged 16–74 read below a 6th grade level, …
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Trump Won. Now What?
Now what? We can start by feeling sorry for many different groups of people, mostly here, but some abroad as well, who will experience terrible consequences of Trump’s re-election, either directly or indirectly. Americans Directly Affected Muslims Women who …
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Have the Prospects for Women Changed?
When American actor (then called an “actress”) Katherine Hepburn made this statement in the middle of the 20th Century, it hit home with our country’s women. After all, how many females at the time could expect to live with the …
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Where Are Our Priorities?
The author of the meme needs to understand the use of apostrophes. Aside from that, even if you do prioritize cheaper gas over your loved ones’ rights, do you really think that Trump is going to improve the financial condition …
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What Do We Do with Power?
Perhaps the saddest single feature of our world today, and the United States in particular, is what we do with power. We look at our billionaires, those who could be putting an end to world hunger and climate change, but …
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Republicans Will Carry Shame Through History
Almost all Americans have a passionate interest in the outcome of today’s presidential election, but how many of us see these results as something that will be meticulously studied by historians over the coming decades? According to polls, it’s possible …
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Trump Supporters’ Motivations
It’s true that Trump supporters don’t care about morality, legality, or the truth. But almost half of these American voters do have things they care about very deeply: White Nationalism, the rejection of science, and the end of women’s rights.
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What Vegans Actually Believe
At left is another good example of a “straw man fallacy,” one that occurs “when someone misrepresents an opponent’s argument in order to make it easier to attack and refute. The person using the fallacy pretends to be arguing against …
