As suggested here, the QAnoners of the world have a handy defense, one that’s going to be hard to beat. They claim that the fact-checkers that expose their ideas as silly and baseless were actually put in place because their …
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Pastor John Pavlovitz and I see this precisely the same way. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the Democratic party. It’s platform includes environmental responsibility, quality education, human rights, equal justice, and restoring the economic policies that made this nation …
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Laws in the U.S. that place bans on abortion took a huge hit in a Kansas election yesterday, as voters in enormous numbers turned out to express their demands for a woman’s right to choose, in a referendum that won …
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I’m going with treason on this one, Michael. Whether the charge is actually “treason” or “seditious conspiracy,” it was an attempt to overthrow the United States government. What makes this development so frightening is the extent to which the crimes …
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TV and film icon Rob Reiner is quite vocal in his demand that Trump be brought to justice, and here, he expresses himself sarcastically. At this point, I’d have to say that it appears improbable that we’ll ever recover the …
In today’s installment of his popular video series “Justice Matters,” former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner makes the point that Trump’s attorneys are gearing up to deal with incoming indictments, and that his principal line of defense is going to be …
Great point to be made here. It’s obvious to the scientific community that too little is being done to mitigate global warming, but policy-makers, at least in the U.S., don’t have the political will behind them to support forceful and …
Hawaii has said goodbye to coal, and will be doing its best to phase out oil, as an increasingly rich mix of renewables comes on line. From Governor David Ige: “This week Hawaii is receiving its final shipment of coal,” …
Interesting. Comments here include: No. We intellectualize God differently. It doesn’t mean we don’t believe in a “God.” It just means we don’t necessarily accept the crazy nonsensical human interpretation of a god that religion has crammed down our throats …
This quote from ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras translates as “Educate the boys so you don’t have to punish the men.” There is no doubt that poor education leads to poverty and to crime. Unfortunately, our society doesn’t see …
