It’s the birthday of rock legend Warren Zevon, who died of cancer at the age of only 56, but not before leaving us with this masterpiece, The Vast Indifference of Heaven. There are dozens of variations on the theme of …
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Patriots: Be Prepared for Anything
Business is booming for survivalist e-commerce sites, and anyone can see why. The coup attempt failed, but it showed the whole world what this could have been like had the U.S. Capitol and the 50 state capitols been stormed by …
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Deprogramming Conservatives?
Apparently, some people are suggesting that those with extreme right-wing views need to be “deprogrammed,” that controversial idea normally associated with wresting a loved one from the jaws of some sort of cult. A few thoughts: • There is a …
Meeting Up with Alien Civilizations
“It not a question of if; it’s a question of when,” remarks an astrophysicist on the prospect of our finding extraterrestrial life. Here’s a wonderful article on a recent discovery, marking just one more data point in humankind’s quest to …
Can Biden Reunite the Country With His Mild Manner?
In response to this article on Biden’s attempt to reunify the country, someone noted: Soaring pleas for unity won’t work, but maybe concrete achievement will. First, there is a problem with “concrete achievements,” i.e., that both sides take credit for …
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Proud Boys Organizer Could Disappear from Public View for 20 Years for Recruitment Efforts in Capitol Attack
Based on the events of the last few days, it’s possible that the next four years could be as good as the previous four were bad. Great to see criminal morons going away for long periods (video below); our nation …
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Trump Supporters Got the Shaft; Going Forward, Let’s Deploy Some Real Wisdom
Most of these people live paycheck-to-paycheck, and millions make starvation wages. Now a couple of hundred are getting carted off to prison. This hasn’t really been a bonanza, has it? Maybe we need to rethink our position here. It is …
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Trumpism At Its Core
Iconic journalist Bill Moyers begins a recent essay: I’ve been forced to write about Donald Trump an awful lot during the past five years and the problem I always face when writing in a limited space, like this one, is …
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Celebrating America’s Rebirth
Great theatrical productions, even those based in satire, carry such thunderous emotional impact that they can make entire audiences tear up in pure joy. Here’s James Corden et. al., in a takeoff of “One Day More” from Les Miserables.
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U.S. Reconnects with the Rest of the World
No one knows who wrote the words at the left, but it’s most certainly a sincere statement, one that is echoed by America’s allies around the globe. Did we go through a dark period, one characterized by dishonesty, corruption, and …
