A reader notes: The last is the most important. The others pale in comparison. I don’t know. The Unabomber has a better chance of winning in 2024 than Trump. I like this: 5) The country is safe from sabotage and …
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Subscribing to Mother Jones is a very good thing to do. It’s a make or break moment for democracy, and being informed has never mattered more.
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Effective Teaching and the Use of Examples
I know I’ve mentioned that I tutor at the local schools and the junior college in Santa Barbara and that I, like anyone who’s had these experiences, learned quickly that there are effective and ineffective ways of getting certain concepts …
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Political Protest Marchers Have a Certain Look
As someone who marches in favor of things like science in policy-making, Black Lives Matter, women’s rights, banning new oil pipelines, or whatever, this made me smile. There really is a certain look that compatriots and I have, and, correspondingly, …
Speaking with Drs. Chomsky and Pollin
Here’s a fabulous set of interviews of Noam Chomsky and economist Dr. Robert (Bob) Pollin at UMass Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), on the Green New Deal. Long-time readers will remember that Bob was good enough to let me …
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Understanding the Lack of Security at the U.S. Capitol
I guess we’re all wondering how it was possible that security at the U.S. Capitol was so weak on January 6th that the building was easily compromised by hundreds of angry Trump supporters. I know I personally have invested a …
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Return To Normalcy?
What lies ahead for the United States? We talk about a return to normality, but how is anything like that possible knowing that our country is filled with people that have the same political sensibilities as the twisted jackass pictured …
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Supporting Terrorists Isn’t a Winning Position, Even Here In What’s Left of America
The funny part about this, if there is one, is that this moron thinks supporting terrorists has political legs. Yes, we’re a tragically screwed up country, but there is a limit. Backing for Trump dropped like a rock yesterday, as …
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White Nationalist Says He’s “Prepared for a Violent Death”
This iconic image of QAnon supporter and white supremacist Richard Barnett, sitting behind Nancy Pelosi’s desk after having stormed the Capitol, has a kind of irony to it, in that he’s far more likely to die in prison than in …
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Yes, There Are Some Good People Out There
Since terrible people are all over our news at this point, it seems a good time to talk about Brian May, virtuoso guitarist with a doctorate in astrophysics, and fiercely dedicated to animal rights. I was driving somewhere about two …
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