My wife just asked me, “Why isn’t the justice department moving against these brazen criminals who are defying congressional subpoenas?” to which I replied, “I have no more insight into this than you or the other +/- hundred million Americans …
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Dealing with the Pandemic
Scientists hope the omicron variant of COVID-19 takes us to the point of herd immunity and becomes a manageable, albeit permanent, feature of human society, like the flu. The graphic here illustrates part of the challenge, however. Decent people are …
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Getting There from Here
Seems like a good time to remind Americans that socialism and capitalism do not exist in their pure form anywhere on this planet. Take a moment and imagine our lives without our physical infrastructure, police, fire fighting, criminal justice, national …
Good People Outnumber the Bad Guys, But That’s Not What Counts
We all understand that good people outnumber bad people by many orders of magnitude. Sadly, that’s not the issue that’s going to serve as the make/break point in determining the outcome of human civilization. The power of unchecked evil runs …
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Calls for a “National Divorce”
The concept of a “national divorce” is brand new, and people equate it with civil war. I get that, but divorce can be amicable; it doesn’t have to be acrimonious. And trust me, if there were a way to get …
Why Republicans Are Preventing People from Voting
Republicans, of course, don’t see it the same way Dan Rather does. They’re falsely claiming a combination of voter fraud and caravans full of immigrants flooding across the southern border, who apparently are granted instant citizenship. In the old days, …
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Guardian Journalist Nails American Loss of Capacity to Think
Well, Hugo, you’ve nailed precisely how deeply implanted in abject stupidity we people across the pond are. We have lost the ability to process information.
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Most People Are in Denial Regarding American Democracy
Here’s Hillary Clinton on 2024: “If I were a betting person right now, I say Trump is going to run again. … I think that could be the end of our democracy. Not to be too pointed about it, but I …
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Sick People Dying of Treatable Disease
I wish I could think of something nice to say about American society as we enter the year 2022, but we’re not getting much right. In particular, we have an extremely cruel healthcare system, held in place only because of …
Treason? Who Cares?
The man brags about committing treason. Not much to add here. Surreal.
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