Bob Inglis is one of the more interesting characters in American politics. A moderate Republican from South Carolina who served six terms in the House before the Tea Party removed him from office in 2010, Inglis was perhaps the only …
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Can Conservatives Mitigate Climate Change?
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U.S. Army To Protect Us from Domestic Terrorists
A right-wing reader sent me this video describing what the United States is doing to protect itself against domestic terrorists. The U.S. Army is working hard to train itself in the tactics of guerrilla warfare. Apparently, this reader doesn’t understand …
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The Many Benefits of the Transition to Renewable Energy
Bill McKibben’s post here is a reminder of the many virtuous cycles that derive from phasing out fossil fuels. It’s just another example that goes along with job growth, reductions in healthcare costs, and the innumerable savings in environmental clean-up.
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Corporatocracy Takes Its Toll
There is a lot to love about the United States, which is why when people in developing parts of the world are asked where they’d like to live, they name the U.S. far more frequently than any other nation on …
Now It’s REALLY Time to Answer: Is Anyone Above the Law?
The indictments for seditious conspiracy against 11 of the white supremacist “Oath Keepers” is good news for the American justice system, but it raises the stakes, heightening the imperative to go after those who attempted the coup from within the …
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Potty-Training and Political Indoctrination Go SOOO Well Together
Young minds are impressionable, and, of course, they’re less capable of understanding nuance than those of adults. That’s the beauty of this free offer, a set of materials that teaches our kids that the United States, the only developed country …
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Investigating the Attempted Coup–This Is What Real Journalists Do
As previously noted, a number of Republicans signed fake election “certifications” alleging they were GOP electors appointed for Trump’s nonexistent win across various key states.
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Eco-Nazi
I chuckled the other day when I saw that someone had referred to me as an “eco-Nazi.” Of course, there’s nothing funny about this at all; there is a reason our planet’s on fire, and a large part of it …
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Third Act
Here’s a wonderful movement, “The Third Act,” whose message is that elderly people, despite cues from society that they no longer matter, are actually needed more than ever if our civilization is to get on a sustainable path. Earlier in …
Was January 6th an “Insurrection?”
Investment strategist and energy analyst Robert Rapier writes this about what conservative journalist Brit Hume tweeted at left: “Rarely do tweets age so poorly, so quickly. Brit Hume tweeted this early this morning. Three hours later, the DOJ charged 11 …
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