It’s hard to know exactly how honest the editing of this teaser video is, but it appears that Donald Trump walked out of an interview when Piers Morgan confronted him re: his lies about the 2020 election. Couldn’t we have …
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What American Republicans Stand For
I wouldn’t say the Republican party “stands for nothing.” It stands for overt racism, the wanton destruction of the natural environment, the demolition of public education, and the rejection of science. Most of all, it stands for Donald Trump and …
In America, the Race to the Intellectual and Moral Bottom Is Hotly Contested
An old school chum, now the president of a major university in Texas, says, “The only person in America who makes (Texas governor) Greg Abbott look good is (Florida governor) Ron DeSantis.” Lots of truth to that.
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Rational Suspicions of Experts
I too am skeptical of people who claim to be experts in cryptocurrencies. But my suspicions are raised even higher when the same people have previously been experts in epidemiology and constitutional law.
Making Progress
It’s important to keep in mind that the United States is making real social progress, even in the face of all the stupidity. It’s quite possible that, when we look back on the Biden administration, we’ll see a great deal …
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Republicans Are Bullying Mickey Mouse, But Does That Seem Like a Good Idea?
There appears to be so much nonsense in today’s political strategies here in the U.S. Obviously the far-right wing is getting great mileage out of ridiculing the idea of “wokeness,” a word that hateful and ignorant people use to discredit …
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Putin Has Hit America Hard
Was Russia’s support of Donald Trump and its intervention in our 2016 elections an act of deliberate sabotage? There is no direct proof–at least none that has been made public, yet it’s hard for the mind not to connect the …
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Questioning the Science
The concept here is one we frequently hear from grocery store clerks, landscape architects, right-wing news anchors, and others whose lack of scientific training render them completely incapable of “questioning the science.” Btw, doesn’t Charles Schulz have any living descendants? …
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Only in America
What value does the sign add? What value does the sidewalk itself add? All around us are indications that the things we think are important couldn’t possibly be less relevant to the one precious life we have and to how …
Democrats Can’t Message Themselves Out of a Paper Bag
It’s easy to hate the values of the present-day Republican party. Today’s Democratic party, though its morals are higher, is also hard to admire, if only for its amazing ineptitude at political messaging. Review the list of what Democrats have …
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