Demagogues like Trump are highly skilled at creating fear in their constituents, and, as Bertrand Russell points out here, this tends to make us more tribal, and more suspicious of and hateful to people who do not share our religion, …
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Sir, Please Don’t Praise Hitler
Here we have dialogue between Trump and one of his top aides, retired Marine Corps general John Kelly, in which we see Kelly trying to explain to the former president why it’s improper to praise Adolph Hitler. 2GreenEnergy supporter Gary …
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Some of America’s More Conservative “Think Tanks”
The clever meme here depicts a harsh reality of life in the U.S. There are groups, heavily funded by billionaires, whose aims are to convince congress to dismantle all aspects of the federal government that serve the common American. I’m …
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How the 50 U.S. States Rank in Terms of Education, Political Leaning
The graphic below shows that California, a few of the plains states, the mid-Atlantic, and New England rank highest in terms of educational achievement, and that the Deep South ranks lowest. It’s interesting that there is a strong correspondence between …
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Biden and the Working Class
We need to ask ourselves, once again, how it’s possible that working class people don’t support Biden overwhelmingly. Yes, they are frustrated that their wages have stagnated. And yes, frustration leads to anger, and anger is what gets demagogues elected. …
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How Much Has the Earth Warmed?
The intense scrutiny that the rising temperature of the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere is receiving raises an important question, and interestingly, it doesn’t concern the current temperature, which modern science has nailed with great precision. Rather, it’s this: What were …
Carbon Dioxide Removal
Here’s a scholarly article in Science Magazine that addresses the challenges our civilization faces in pulling CO2 out of the Earth’s atmosphere once greenhouse gases are released. It begins by admitting that we seem to be incapable of reducing current …
Understanding Biden’s Climate Accomplishments
Below, environmentalist Zan Dubin, whom I highly respect, makes a point not too dissimilar to what I’ve often said about the failure of the media to cover Biden’s accomplishments, especially those pertaining to climate change mitigation and adaptation. She writes: …
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If Trump Is Granted Immunity …..
Most people around the world, including the majority of Americas, find their heads spinning at the level of corruption that is spreading through the United States like a metastasizing cancer that appears to have beaten all the patient’s treatment options. …
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Why Any Member of a Minority Would Support Trump
Leguizamo brings up a good point: How is it possible for any of the ethnic minorities that Trump and his supporters are so desperately anxious to harm want to see the former president back in the White House? One in …
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