Well, technically it is. In economics, inflation is defined as “a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.” It so happens that the inflation we’re experiencing right now is due to the record profits that …
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Our Planet’s Future?
Here’s another clever message to the effect that we’re failing miserably to take care of our only home, and that it’s our money-motivation that’s driving this catastrophe. When I was a small boy, I read that the side effects of …
Supporting Trump on Memorial Day
Re: the meme here: confusing? How about repulsive?
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The Proper Role of Government
FWIW, I agree with Michael Foot, Labour Party Member of Parliament in 1980s England. I would add that this whole matter is even simpler now, 40 years later, as the rich have gotten far richer and the poor far poorer. …
Good People Will Refuse to Vote for a Criminal Sociopath
Here’s a voter named Mark. Question: How many “Marks” are there out there? I get the feeling that there are plenty of Republicans who understand that Trump is a criminal sociopath and will refuse to vote for him, regardless of …
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Blame Your Opponents for YOUR Crimes
I thought readers would enjoying the mug shot of a Republican lawyer arraigned on charges of election fraud. All this is reminiscent of the Nazi principle: blame your opponents for the crimes you have committed.
Losing Our Democracy
A reader and I had a brief (but interesting, I think) conversation about presidential immunity: Craig: If I had told you five years ago that the U.S. Supreme Court would be considering the assertion that every American was subject to …
Even Republicans Can’t Stand Louis DeJoy, Trump’s Appointee to Head the U.S. Postal Service
I thought I’d publish this piece I just received on Louis DeJoy, postmaster general of the U.S. Postal Service. We haven’t heard much about him in the news recently, but that doesn’t mean he’s stopped destroying the USPS. Louis …
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Church and State
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries. – James Madison Erecting the ‘wall of separation between church and state’… …
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Deploying Nuclear Energy Before It’s Too Late
Dr. Alex Cannara (pictured below) is the incredibly senior proponent of nuclear energy whom I’ve referred to frequently here. He heads a group of about 50 of us who share his views, and writes: Hi gang. I wrote a short …
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