For people wishing to understand stoicism, here’s the core tenet from ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus.
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Is Trump on His Way Out?
Re: the cartoon here, a reader notes: The tide is slowly starting to turn against Trump. But I’m not holding my breath. It can spring back any minute. Trying to imagine a mechanism by which this “springing back” can happen, …
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Teaching Patriotism? Really?
I’m happy to report that during my K-12 years (1960 – 1973), I never heard a teacher mention anything that could be construed as “patriotic.” For example, we learned U.S. history, but it was not twisted to imply that the …
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Until Recently, Dividing the Nation Worked Very Well for Trump
The irony here is that all Trump wanted was absolute power. Dividing the nation between educated/kind people and hateful morons was just a means to that end. And, until recently, it appeared to be working. Then came the shutting of …
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Science and Religion
When we look back at the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, the dichotomy of science and religion actually made sense. The content of the Book of Genesis actually is in conflict with the theory of evolution. As shown at left, …
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Trump Wants to “Reduce Prices by 1500%”
We all learned percentages in 6th grade (+/-), so we know that if you reduce a certain number by 100%, you have zero. It makes no sense to say that you’re going to reduce the price of a certain drug …
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Colonizing Mars
It appears that Elon Musk is serious about colonizing Mars. A few points to be considered, however, many of which have been noted by others: • If it’s feasible to colonize Mars, it’s feasible to fix the Earth. (Apparently came …
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Has the Fever Broken?
Many Americans are starting to feel like the lady whose observations we see at left. Exactly how this moves forward from here is anyone’s guess. Maybe the Democrats gain a huge majority in Congress in 2026 and then impeach and …
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Does Trump Have Dementia? Let’s Consider this for a Moment
Psychologists have been saying that Trump has some sort of mental disorders for many years. But let’s rely on our own powers of observation for a moment. Does he really seem any more mentally/emotionally disturbed today than when he came …
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Home/Plant-based Remedies
I’m sure all this at left is true. But almost all these home remedies were popular before the 20th Century, and, since then, science has kicked in, and global life expectancies have increased from about 30 to about 70. Causation …
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