“We could have imagined a fascist taking control of some historically poor banana republic, but we never thought this could happen to the United States.” That’s what virtually every European I’ve met in the last decade has told me. “We’re …
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The Meat Indusry Employs Questionable Math/Logic
If five slices of bacon give you 28% of the thiamin (vitamin B1) you need, 18 slices will give you 100%. Three things to consider, however: 1) Bacon, as a processed meat, is generally considered unhealthy due to its high …
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An American Military Hero Speaks Out on Trump
From former Defense Secretary and retired Marine Corps General James Mattis, this statement about Trump’s military coup entitled “IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH” I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled. The words “Equal Justice Under Law” are …
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California a “Failed State?”
Disgusting. It’s one thing that “news” in the United States has largely been replaced by incendiary opinions. But it’s even worse that so many of these opinions are so grossly ill-informed. In its quest to move to the middle of …
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If Humans Are So Intelligent, Why Are We Destroying Our Only Home?
The answer to Dr. Goodall seems to be that intelligence is only one of the characteristics that makes humankind unique on this planet. Into the soup, we need to add extra ingredients: especially greed and cruelty. From there, we can …
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Solar, Wind, and Trees
To the reader who sent me these memes here: Are you trying to tell me there is a single person stupid enough to believe we’re cutting down trees to make room for solar and wind?
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Trump Supporters Are Feeling a Mental and Emotional Pinch
In the note at left Robert Reich reminds us that Trump’s supporters must be under great emotional stress to take this man seriously. Every day brings us new adventures in complete insanity. As we all learned in Psych 101, cognitive …
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Existentialism
A lady asked me to define existentialism the other day, and the words at left are essentially what I told her. Some people find this concept depressing, i.e., that we live in a universe that is coldly indifferent to our …
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Comments on Douglas Macgregor
The reader who sent me this asked if found what Macgregor wrote here to be offensive. Let me preface my response: I clearly remember Douglas Macgregor from my K-12 education at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, even though he …
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Mississippi Voters Are Perfect Targets for Trump
The resident of a tornado-devastated town in rural Mississippi in this video seems perplexed: If president Trump promised to help Americans first, how is it possible that, two months after the disaster, there hasn’t been a single FEMA person on …
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