At left we find an interesting perspective. There seems to be no doubt that the world is increasingly a) divided, and b) more and more willing to inflict great harm on people on the other side. As has been throughout …
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Why Be Offended When There’s an Alternative?
There’s a valuable message here. Yes, I have to admit that I’m not happy that about one-third of American voters are not very bright, and prone to all manner of racist and xenophobic viewpoints–plus, I have to live among them. …
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The Political Future of George Santos
Anna Kaplan hopes to replace George Santos in Congress. She claims that he’s running again, and says, “I need your (campaign donations) to beat him at the ballot box.” No, Anna, you don’t. Santos has no more political future than …
Trumpism and Its Antidote
I’m afraid I have bad news: No donations are going to change the belief systems of tens of millions of hateful idiots. Having said that, we are capable of electing people who believe in democracy and rule of law, and …
Fuel Economy and How We Regard Others
Most American consumers are at least somewhat concerned about the fuel economy that their cars provide, though, of course, many of these folks’ interest in the subject is rooted in how much they’re paying at the pump. Personally, I have …
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Why Hamas Was Inevitable
At this point, it’s hard to see a soft landing for the war in Israel, partially because all parties directly and indirectly associated with the conflict are led by people who are more in love with staying in power than …
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Why We Should Be Concerned about Trump in 2024
Reader Scott McKie notes: Face it — all Trump backers / voters are as morally and politically corrupt as he is. And all Republican voters are as politically corrupt as the MAGA crowd — because, as they have continuously demonstrated: …
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Does ExxonMobil Honestly Care Where You Stand on Climate Change?
This from ExxonMobil: What do you think? On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), how important are Low Carbon Solutions to you? A skeptical mind might ask what’s actually going on here. Is Exxon basing its business future …
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Trump Approval Rating Remains Largely Unchanged, But It’s Still Substantial
I wish the content of the meme here were anywhere close to being the case. According to recent surveys, little has changed in Americans’ viewpoint on Trump; he remains broadly unpopular with the public, but he is not without substantial …
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Vivek
This guy has broad appeal to people of low reasoning capacity. “Declare independence from communist China.” I guess that makes sense until you ask yourself what it actually means. Two of his other tenets: God is real. and There are …
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