In today’s United States, the only solution we allow is making rich people richer. Things like climate change mitigation, affordable healthcare, dealing with hunger and poverty, and quality education are ignored, based on the false presumption that government can do …
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Democrats (Figuratively) Cry for Other People
I thought the meme was funny, and, like all forms of humor, it works because it’s at least partially based on truth. Progressives actually do care about the wellbeing of others, and when it’s being denied, we’re not happy. Does …
Too Much Time?
Occasionally, a reader will tell me that I must have too much time on my hands, otherwise, I wouldn’t write blog posts on subjects that are fairly unimportant. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Nathan W. Pyle. Well …
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How Did the GOP Become So Deplorable, So Quickly?
The rapid decay in the Republican party’s moral fiber is one of the most shocking and disgusting phenomena in American history.
What America’s Allies Wouldn’t Do
To put it another way, they refused to commit war crimes by participating in an illegal and immoral war.
Are Our Brains “Wired” Differently?
At left is something that theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer said shortly before he was executed by the Third Reich for his protest against the fascist regime. Most of us have had the thought he expressed here. We may be talking with …
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Science Is Not a Set of Facts; It’s a Process of Learning More About Our Universe
At left is an interesting thought exercise. Here’s everything I can think of, and it’s not much. When I was in elementary school in the early 1960s, it was believed that: The main types of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, …
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Alberta Isn’t Going Anywhere
The support for Alberta’s seceding from Canada is about 5%, according to a physician I know up there. I know it’s hard to believe, but Fox News is a thoroughly dishonest organization.
Suiting the Human Spirit
The closest you’re going to come to a society that suits the human spirit, aka a utopia, is social democracy. People work, but within reason; they don’t need two or more jobs to keep their heads above water. They get …
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