The separation of church and state is one of many social and political breakthroughs that resulted from the Enlightenment, aka the Age of Reason, in the 17th and 18th Centuries. It forms the cornerstone Americans cherish;; it’s the essential difference …
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Photoshopped Christmas Card Makes Excellent Point
The United States finds itself up to its hips with some of the most disgusting people imaginable, and the governor of Texas is one of the most revolting. Fortunately, the Washington DC attorney general is investigating this with an eye …
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The “Radical Left”
The content of the meme here is, of course, completely correct. The right-wing “news” media label the various aspects of a functioning society that are enjoyed by the rest of the developed world as “radical.” And they largely get away …
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Yes, Our Middle Class Has Eroded, But How Broadly Is This Understood?
Re: the meme at left, seriously? How many Americans understand that the middle class has largely evaporated? That we have a massive chasm between rich and poor? That more than half of Americans can’t afford an emergency cost, e.g., getting …
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Freedom From Religion
This meme came from a reader. It’s a a reminder of what happens in the absence of a separation between church and state. Of course, Islam fundamentalists are ever more loathsome to society than their Christian counterparts, but no one …
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Another Insurrection?
At this point, most Americans are hoping for a smooth transition between Trump-as-political-leader to Trump-as-prison-inmate. Yes, he still maintains a base of tens of millions of hateful imbeciles, but that base is eroding every day, and it’s watching in horror …
What Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Policy Really Means
A society that condones the systemic mistreatment of others is closer to savagery than civilization.
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Admiration for Our Scientists
What Brian Greene says here is correct, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. As my colleague Wally Rippel points out, very few Americans, especially young ones, cannot even name (let alone admire) a single living scientist.
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Trump’s Arrogance
Most of us try to become better people as we move through our lives. We admit our mistakes and try to learn from them. The United States is in the process of a great cleansing, as a former president is …
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Have We Reached the End of the Line?
A considerable amount of evidence points to the “evolutionary cul de sac” theory in anthropology, the concept that humankind has progressed to a point that its own destruction is imminent. We have big brains, but we’re a horribly tribal and …
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