James Randi left us in 2020 after an impressive career challenging paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. While I try to avoid judging books by their covers, I have to say from his portrait here that he definitely looks the part. If …
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The Two Main U.S. Political Parties Are Widely Divergent
Ever since I was a small boy, I’ve heard people say that the Democrats and Republicans are virtually indistinguishable from one other. While it’s true that both parties are corrupt in the sense that they accept huge amounts of money …
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Trickle-Down Economics
All true. Yet we have neither the interest nor the capacity to turn this around. Progressives would like to see a tax schedule that looks like what we had between the end of World War II and Reagan’s inauguration, but …
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Does Anyone Care about America’s Insane Rate of Deadly Shootings?
Further proof, as if it were needed, that our lawmakers really are far more concerned about their position in Congress than they are about our well-being. Reduce gun deaths by 70%? If it makes the NRA angry, not a chance.
How Dumb Is Marjorie Taylor Greene? It’s Hard To Know
Re: the meme here, energy analyst Robert Rapier asks, “Is she really this dumb?” I doubt it. My guess is that she knows with great certainty that her voters are as dumb as rocks, and she’s simply giving them what …
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Understanding Climate Denialism
There is a great deal of truth here, but the disinformation campaigns would have been dismissed with a round jeer if we didn’t have so many “ignorant yokels.” This, from Isaac Asimov in 1980: There is a cult of ignorance …
Protecting Ourselves from Billionaires
We can most definitely have a discussion on the topic, but I’m not sure how far that’s going to take us, especially insofar as everyone is free to spend his money as he sees fit. We do need a wealth …
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The MAGA Crowd Cares About Exactly One Thing
Nailed it. The MAGA crowd is not motivated by anything that will improve their lives, but they revel in the knowledge that everyone in the country other than wealthy white males is being harmed by the U.S. government.
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Trump: Poor Judgement?
I suppose, at the core of the life of any career criminal, lies lack of judgement. The decision to adopt a multi-pronged plan to overthrow the U.S. federal government was an especially poor choice, as the former president is about …
DeSantis Is a Disaster, But . . .
Ideologically, DeSantis probably is worse than Trump. That said, there is no indication that DeSantis would commit treason to maintain power. Ultra-right MAGA politics are a scourge for everyone who isn’t a rich white male, but at least it doesn’t …
