The good ol’ “America–love it or leave it” sentiment from the Vietnam era has come back from the grave, with all the vitriol and stupidity (plus some) that it had in its first incarnation. To most of us, loving America …
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Even when all this stupidity is over, our experience with ICE kidnapping and violations of due process will remain forever as one of the world history’s most monstrous acts.
To me, it’s easy to sympathize with the facilities people working at the White House, even the guy who bulldozed the East Wing. You’re following orders that do not result in any person’s physical injury or death, and anything you …
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No. Not at all. There is a great deal of speculation as to how and why this is possible. Some say that the level of embarrassment one must feel in admitting that one was duped makes this extremely unlikely to …
Here at 2GreenEnergy, we talk a great deal about “externalities,” a term economists use to mean costs or benefits (usually costs) that affect a third party not directly involved in an economic activity. The first thing that comes to mind …
To answer the question at left, I wouldn’t say “all” respect. Trump supporters have profound intellectual and moral defects, and so I’m saddened to learn that an acquaintance lives in that space. But we all have defects, just as we …
The United States seems to be unique in the world for the way it rejects science and thus makes political issues out of factual matters. The Earth actually is getting hotter, and the consequences will be horrific if we can’t …
When I first came across the click-bait garbage at left, I was reminded of an earlier post I wrote on the subject of the history of this form of energy storage. Various countries in Europe began using the potential energy …
In a way, we could say that astrology was the precursor to all the anti-science conspiracy theories of today, including climate denial, anti-vax, and the flat Earth. That wouldn’t be a problem if these people couldn’t vote, but sadly, this …
At left are the observations of Barbara McQuade, an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan from 2010 to 2017. As part of President Donald Trump’s 2017 dismissal of U.S. attorneys, she …
