Here’s a brief conversation about Kamala Harris’ statement at left between an old friend (David) and me that I thought readers might find interesting: David: Is that a dangling duality or somethin’, girl? You never got to the “on the …
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Old Friend (Princeton Grad) Suggests Kamala Harris Is a Blithering Idiot, But How Fair Is His Accusation?
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The English Language Is Constantly Shifting, But . . .
I heard an interview with a university English professor the other day, and was surprised and dismayed to learn that she believes that most of the bad grammar we run across in our daily lives is actually the natural and …
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Slamming Electric Vehicles
This nicely dressed fellow says, “I’ll stick with my gas-powered car,” and he’s at liberty to do that. What he won’t be able to do, however, is to prevent the end of gas and diesel power trains in favor of …
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Trump and Dignity
Like many lifelong Republicans, my mom is a reluctant Trump supporter. She disapproves of a great deal of the former president’s behavior, but, like many in her position, couldn’t bring herself to vote for a Democrat under any circumstances. I …
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America Needs to Prove Something to Itself–and to the World
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty sent me the meme here; clearly he makes a good point. FWIW, this is my rebuttal to those who hope that Trump simply gets hit by a bus or suffers a fatal heat attack. The …
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Are Evangelicals Driving People Away from Christianity?
I seriously doubt that hypocritical Christians are driving people away from the religion as a whole. Yes, the evangelicals may be slightly more fanatical and hateful than they’ve ever been in the past, but this whole phenomenon has been around …
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Climate Change Has Huge Cost Implications
I heard a captivating radio interview today with journalist Victoria St. Martin reporting for Inside Climate News, who is covering the upshot of a “heat-dome” event in the summer of 2021 in the northern part of Oregon, a region of …
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Understanding America’s Gun Fetish
As suggested here, the rest of the world thinks that the United States’ demand that it proliferate guns throughout its society qualifies us as completely insane. Hard to deny that. The real issue, of course, is that this conversation is not …
Whence Came Our Love of Other Life Forms?
Did God give you your love of other animals, or was it part of your basic nature?
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What Happens When a Decision Needs to be Made
18th Century Scottish philosopher David Hume spoke to us on how our minds interact with the world around us to form our base of knowledge, saying, “We always disbelieve the greater miracle.” In other words, when two of our perceptions …
