Of course, Charles Bukowsky was a poet and author, not a neuroscientist, but there is clearly some truth here. It’s how I often console intelligent people who are going through sad periods of their lives: the tears are the price …
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Ukrainians Exiting with Their Dogs and Cats
So nice to see this. In this time of cruel and senseless brutality, it actually does appear that we’re showing more compassion to our furry friends.
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Trump Flunky Brooks Can’t Miss
From ultra-right Trump lackey Mo Brooks: President Trump agrees – America can’t afford to send any more fake conservatives to Washington. Especially not representing Alabama in the Senate. I, Mo Brooks, am a proven conservative fighter who always will stand …
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Putin Knows a Sucker When He Sees One
From this article from The Hill: 62 Percent of Voters Say Putin Wouldn’t Have Invaded Ukraine if Trump Were President. I join the 62%, but not for the reason Trump would like us to believe, i.e., that he’s a stronger …
Recycling the Formerly Non-Recyclable
The ever-growing stream of plastics that is winding up in our oceans is cause for great concern among marine biologists and other people who care about the quality of life on our planet.
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Brutal Men with Unlimited Power
You may have come across the conundrum: What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? The resolution is that there are no such things as either irresistible forces or immovable objects. Similarly, there is no such thing as …
International Criminal Tribunal, Please Let Me Introduce You to Vladimir Putin
A few months before the end of his four-year long trial for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal, former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević died in his prison cell in The Hague of a heart attack, early in 2006. It’s …
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Running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican…Are You SURE About That?
Here’s Tiffany Smiley, an attractive, conservative woman, running for the U.S. Senate in Washington State as a Republican. She’s smart enough not to mention Trump in her platform, but it’s really indistinguishable from anything else coming out of the GOP, …
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What Does Ukraine Mean To Us?
About a week ago, a Republican reader asked me, “What does Ukraine mean to us Americans?” I responded:
U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Strong Environmental Record
As the Sierra Club notes, “Environmental laws are only as strong as the judges who uphold them. Right now, cases before the court include decisions that could affect our ability to fight climate change, and protect the public against deadly …
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