Hillsdale “College,” the ultra-right-wing “academic” institution, writes: A movement is growing, led by progressives—but supported by many well-meaning Americans—to change the way we elect our president. In effect, it seeks to do away with the Electoral College as devised by …
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A Time Machine Could Tell Us What We Already Know
Barring a miracle, the average temperature of the Earth is going to rise somewhere between 2°and 5° C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the 21st Century. The planet will be ravaged by storms, wildfires, droughts, and the loss …
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Trump Tried to Overthrow the U.S. Government, But There’s Nothing to See Here, Folks
As political commentator Bill Kristol says, the mainstream media’s coverage of Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign ignores the fact that he clearly committed a wide array of crimes, among which is seditious conspiracy.
Our Grand Indifference
What New York Times columnist Charles Blow writes here is completely true, and more than a little relevant to today’s America. In general, we’re indifferent to the suffering of others who share our planet with us today, and we’re even …
Christianity in Decline
Here’s an interesting article on the decline of Christianity in the United States, in which the author speculates on the reasons for the erosion: the Cold War, 9/11, and the Internet. I would suggest that Americans’ spiking interest in politics …
Locked and Loaded
At left is a post that’s going around Trump’s social media platform “Truth Social.” A few points: Promoting violence in all cases is a criminal act, though it somehow seems even worse in that it’s in response to a string …
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We’re Laughing, Not Crying
I don’t think educated people are offended by shirts like this as much as they are amused. There will always be morons among us, and there’s really nothing that can be done about that.
The End of Trump
As I’m sure readers are aware, some of these posts are inspired purely by images that are distributed on social media. I really love the one to the left. Trump is finished, because too many Republicans have grown tired of …
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Banning Books
Re: the meme here, let’s be honest. Until a few years ago, the idea of removing controversial books from school libraries never occurred to anyone. We didn’t need book police to determine what was right or wrong for our children, …
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McDonald’s “Can” Pay Its American Employees More, But …
Yes, McDonald’s can pay its employees in the states more, but it doesn’t have to, so it won’t. Like every other law in the United States, the legislation that governs labor is made by people who receive enormous campaign donations …
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