Public support for labor unions is as high as it’s been in more that 50 years. This is an indication that voters understand that the common American is being ground into the pavement by the cruelty of the corporate world …
Americans’ Approval of Labor Unions Highest Since 1965 Read More »
ExxonMobil posted profits of $5.5 billion in Q2, more than twice that of Q1. Some people are calling for a windfall profits tax that would address the high price of gasoline. Unfortunately, the fossil fuel industry, ExxonMobil in particular, is …
I normally don’t write posts that feature gross generalities like that contained in the meme here, but this was too good to pass up. I’m afraid it’s true, and that, deep inside all of us, we know that as well. …
The Coup Attempt and Watergate Have Very Little in Common Read More »
American toddlers in the mid-1950s wore “baby shoes” like the pair shown here. It turned out that the theory that young feet needed external support in order to walk properly was later discredited. Yet, to have insinuated itself into our …
Science Gets It Right, But Not Always Immediately Read More »
From this piece on Trump’s acrimony re: mainstream reporting: The board that administers Pulitzer Prizes denied former President Trump’s request to revoke the prizes that the Washington Post and the New York Times won in 2018 for their reports on …
When my kids were little, I explained a summary of American politics to them like this: If you have an honest concern for everyone on this planet, now and into the future, you’re a Democrat. This means you believe that …
A reader notes: “Go home now…We love you…You’re very special.” Q. Is that something you would say to somebody who just attacked your house?? It’s been clear from the start, well before he was elected, that Trump adores violence if it …
Perhaps indeed. Keep in mind, however that voters in states that are economic and moral hellholes are almost completely unconcerned about “quality of life” as you and I might define it. They want their state white, Christian, deregulated, science-blind, and …
This is an interesting observation. One wonders about the future of monotheism in a world that is increasingly scientific, though barbaric at the same time. Personally, I don’t think that individual horrific periods of time, e.g., the Spanish Inquisition, that …
So many emotions–all negative–apply to life in today’s United States. Most people are angry, having watched a common criminal become and remain the most important figure in American politics. They know that millions of our soldiers fought and died to …
