FWIW, I don’t believe that the people making a big deal about Critical Race Theory intend to bring slavery back to the United States. My position is that CRT is simply a device that is effective in making stupid people …
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Assessing Trump as November Approaches
From the November Coalition: Donald Trump says he thinks Americans like it when he says he’s willing to suspend the Constitution. The comment appears in a just-published Time Magazine interview on what a second Trump presidency would look like. In …
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Trump and Minnesota
The main problem Trump faces in Minnesota is The Twin Cities, population 2.99 million out of the total 5.72 million. These are educated, sophisticated people, most of whom recognize Trump as the criminal conman he is.
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Arbor Day
Happy belated Arbor Day, everyone! (April 24th) Good opportunity to bring you a few words on trees by a former president of the United States.
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We’re in the Goldilocks Zone
The illustration here calls to mind the benefit of being 93 million miles from our nearest star–neither too close nor too far to support life. That distance also supports solar energy; we receive 6000 times more power from the sun …
Patriotism
At left is the rationale for thinking of ourselves as “citizens of the world.” To be proud that I, by virtue of absolutely nothing I have done, hail from a certain country that I believe to be superior to the …
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Republicans’ Dilemma
At left, former Georgia lieutenant governor Geoff Duncan expresses the decision he’s made in confronting the choice everyone in the GOP must make re: the 2024 presidential election. Isn’t this is an indication that Trump is toast in 2024? There …
Who the United States Is as a Nation
The meme here sounds great, but let’s be realistic. About the best we can hope for is a country with one set of laws that apply to everyone, and a government that delivers valuable services, like education and healthcare, to …
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Why Trump Won’t Change
He is old, but that’s not the reason he won’t change. Rather, it’s that his lifetime MO of lying and cheating has never once let him down. Even now, with the 88 felony charges against him, he may be successful …
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Monsanto / Bayer
From EarthAlerts: The merger between Bayer and Monsanto, and the subsequent removal of Monsanto’s name for rebranding purposes, does not change the fact that the nation’s largest weed killer company was involved in food companies. This list highlights companies that …
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