Since Trump came onto the U.S. political scene in 2015, a huge swath of the American populous has revealed that it has an unlimited appetite for his cruelty and hatred.
The former president has given the worst people in our country permission to show us how truly reprehensible they are.
A reader asks; Why do some people use the word “comfortability” when they can just use “comfort?” Do they mean different things?
This is an example of something we encounter frequently: how we make nouns from adjectives and vice versa. The rule seems to be: make the word as short as possible. If the adjective came from a noun, and you want a noun, just go back to the noun from which the adjective came in the first place.
Some of these are obvious, like comfortability, which, while it is a word in the dictionary, shouldn’t be used, IMO. Other obvious examples are beauty rather than beautifulness, courtesy rather than courteousness, and candor rather than candidness.
Some are more subtle, e.g., grace rather than graciousness.
It depends on what you mean by “wrong.”
If you favor the democratic notion of “one vote to one person,” then, to be sure, this is wrong. The ballots of voters in small states count several times more than those cast in large states. For instance, the ratio of electoral votes to total population in Wyoming is 3.7 times greater than that ratio in California.
On the other hand, if you’re a Republican operative who wants to favor “fly-over” states, then the electoral college fits your agenda very, very well.
Here’s a fellow in a bar in Southern Texas who, perhaps is trying to pick up a woman. He seems to think that broadcasting his religious and right-wing political beliefs will help move the process forward.
Again, this is Texas, so he’s probably correct.
As they say, “If you’re buying Smart Water, it isn’t working.”
Now, are cans better for the environment than plastic bottles? Yes, largely because they are far more likely (more than twice as likely) to be recycled.
Having said that, the best solution for eco-responsible people who wish to stay hydrated is refilling reusable containers with filtered watered. A reverse osmosis system will set you back about $200, and will cost in its lifetime of operation perhaps one one-thousandth of buying water at your local grocery store.
Save money and make the planet a better place for all life forms to live. It’s a win-win, though it’s not a “win-win-win,” insofar as the purveyors of bottled (or canned) water will lose. But does anyone care about the well-being of those whose business model is cajoling consumers and destroying our home?
Some folks think that this guy, with his blatant disregard for honesty, not to mention public safety, should be a heartbeat away from the U.S. presidency.
In large measure, this country has lost its capacity to reason.
James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States when the magazine “The Scientific American” was first published. Before this revered publication announced its support of Kamala Harris in her opposition to Donald Trump, it had maintained silence on political issues in all but one other case in their history.
Why speak up now? Trump is a climate denier, and is distinctly anti-science in most other regards.
Will this matter to his base? Of course not.
It would be interesting to know what percentage of U.S. voters are in synch with the meme here.
One might say, “Well, just look at Trump’s tally in the upcoming election.” But that number includes the amoral rich, most of whom are well educated and intelligent (just ethically challenged).
When Fox News agreed to pay $787 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting systems, one might have thought that the good old days of deliberate lying on the air had come to a close.
Not so.
It’s been a while since I mentioned that Pope Francis is a fabulous humanitarian.
Until he came along, the Catholic Church had held essentially no position that sought to improve the social and material aspects of people’s lives. The shift in perspective that the Pope has brought to the world has been jaw-dropping.
