Oh, he’s simply a liar, to be sure. But let’s give him credit: that’s his one and only job, i.e., to sow complete BS into the minds of those least able to process it and see it for what it …
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Science and Religion
People are free to believe what they want, but there are various points at which all this crosses the line, e.g., Teaching creationism in school as biological, geologic, or astronomical science, or Convincing people that thinking for themselves is the …
Why Must We Be So Dishonest?
A 2024 state audit revealed that California spent $24 billion on homelessness programs between 2018 and 2023 but did not consistently track whether this spending reduced homelessness. The money is not physically “missing”; rather, the state failed to collect sufficient …
As the United States Descends Further into Stupidity, We Grasp at Straws
Sure, let’s rewrite the Constitution to placate the hateful idiots we live among.
Admitting the Truth on Memorial Day
It hasn’t been a good last 10 years for those who believe in free speech, rule of law, human rights, and justice. Maybe we can somehow turn this around.
Right Out of Orwell’s 1984 — the Ministry of Truth
If you’re trying to quantify how completely f***ed up the United States is at this point, I refer you to the meme here. Was it the left that stormed the Capitol, launched a pointless and illegal war in Iran, worked …
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Tagged with: cut important government programs, gave tax breaks to billionaires, indicted political opponents, launched a pointless and illegal war in Iran, made our transportation system and electric grid dirtier, stormed the Capitol, threatened to annex Canada and Greenland, worked to stifle voting
Is School a Jail Sentence?
We’ve all heard ideas like the one being expressed here, though this one sounds extreme. Jail sentence? Education is exclusively an exercise in pounding in bad habits? What’s the outcome for students in the very worst of our schools that …
Tagged with: Being a burden on society, child labor, countries with the best educated children are the happiest sanest and most productive on the planet, education helps kids learn to do math at least through algebra, education helps kids learn to make friends and get along well with others, education helps kids learn to read and write, education helps kids learn to understand some level of history and geography, Illiteracy? Social isolation, learn to think critically, poverty
Saying Goodbye to All of America’s Top Women
If you’re a competent woman working at the highest echelon in the U.S. government, better start packing your bags.
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How Much Further Does the Trust of the American People Extend?
Today we had another “assassination attempt.” Is it the fourth or the fifth? I lost track after his ear grew back. Eventually, after perhaps 20 or 30, even the most dimwitted American will recognize that he’s been played. Trump is …
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Climate Change: What to Believe?
I’ve often wondered why people like this German woman, an ultra-right-wing politician with no more training in this subject than my gardener, is taken more seriously than the many thousands of scientists who have been studying climate physics for all …
