I’m a strong believer in our right to free speech, as modified by the Supreme Court over the centuries. That includes the Trump supporters who want to call me a commie radical leftist because of my progressive beliefs (that mirror …
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Trump in Desperation
The moron who composed the meme here actually got one thing right. Trump has shown us the endgame that many of us saw coming, i.e., desperation. He knows that the midterms will almost definitely result in his being removed from …
Noam Chomsky on Responsibility of Intellectuals
This sounds good on the surface, but the problem is that average Americans aren’t exposed to the thoughts of intellectuals, and even if they were, they a) couldn’t care less about them, or b) would reject them as “leftist propaganda,” …
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Conspiracy Theories Abound
Regarding the cartoon at left, a reader notes: Yeah, because NASA landed a man on the moon and flies drones on Mars by fudging numbers. Exactly. We live among people who believe that our climate scientists are all in on …
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Poverty in the United States
There is no doubt that poverty, ignorance, intolerance, and support of criminal tyrants are deeply interconnected. It’s a shame that nothing can be done to help these people.
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“Poverty is the Mother of Crime” – Marcus Aurelius
It’s almost inconceivable that there was a time in history that the most powerful person on the planet, in this case the emperor of ancient Rome, was a supremely good person. Nowadays the precise opposite is trending: vicious criminal dictators.
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Why Is God Upset with Those Who Don’t Believe in Him?
Exactly. Even we mere mortals have figured that out. Socrates couldn’t have cared less if the Athenians wanted to learn from him or go for a walk in the park.
Incarceration Rates – What We Can Learn
As anyone could have predicted, there is a huge correlation between poor education/ignorance, moral poverty, and incarceration levels.
Trump Supporters’ Loyalty Is Wavering
This short video provides a look into Trump’s base and, in particular, how they are not on board with his policies that cost them money. The northern parts of the country that do a great deal of business with Canada …
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Right to Peaceful Assembly
Apparently, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, who majored in political science, was absent the day they taught the U.S. Constitution in college.
