This July is the hottest one in history, but it’s only one of many broken temperature records that has caused some climate deniers to change their positions on global warming. Some, but not all. At left, Fox News interviews Steve …
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Trump’s Pity Party Isn’t the Problem
No one expects Trump, for the first time in his life, to suddenly admit that the hot water in which he finds himself is due to his own misconduct. But the problem here isn’t that Trump wants our pity; it’s …
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Nikki Haley, Political Strumpet
When Nikki Haley was a U.S. Representative from Hawaii, it appeared she had solid values on things like LGBTQ rights, abortion, environmental sustainability, and so forth. Now she’s running for president as a Republican, and she’s flip-flopped on all these …
Wokeness in the Military
I coached a few of my son’s soccer teams when he was a boy, and I recall getting after him when he would challenge a referee’s call. “You’re a player; you play. He’s a ref. Let the ref ref.” I …
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RFK Jr. for President
It’s true; if this crackpot’s last name weren’t “Kennedy,” he’d be getting the same attention as a presidential hopeful as my gardener. My gardener, FWIW, is a sane, responsible, hard-working and kind man. I’d vote for him every day of …
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Competition v. Cooperation
Anthropologists generally consider the assertion here to be true. Over most of the past +/- 200K years, humankind has fared well, largely due to its capacity to take care of its fellows. Yes, we’ve had our tyrants over the millennia, …
Own the Libs with this T-Shirt
If you want to communicate “I’m Mentally Ill” to the world, here’s a piece of apparel you should seriously consider. Btw, until just now, I had no idea that liberals don’t like supporting the local economy.
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Christianity and Donald Trump
I truly doubt this. If you’re a Christian, in the biblical sense, can your faith be damaged in any meaningful way by the existence of a single bad person? If you’re a Republican Christian, i.e., a spiteful, mean human being, …
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Sending Joe Biden Back to Delaware?
Sounds like a tall order, a big ask. DeSantis is polling at 12% among committed Republicans, or about 5% of the U.S. electorate. Incumbent President Joe Biden is the heavy favorite at most sportsbooks to win the Presidency in 2024, …
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Growing One’s Own Food
Re: the meme here, the answer is no. Think, please. For at least tens of thousands of years, humankind has figured out how to barter. I’ll cut your hair for 20 ears of corn. I’ll watch your kids for a dozen …
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