Consider the life of a man whose lifelong mission is service to The United States of America.  Maybe he goes to West Point, maybe Annapolis.  Perhaps he goes to college elsewhere, and becomes an officer in the armed forces after graduation.  He spends the entirety of his career protecting and defending the U.S. Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. (more…)

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California is following suit with various parts of the EU in phasing out gasoline and diesel.

A reader notes: I’m fully supportive of this, but it has to come with a massive upgrade of the U.S. energy grid.  (more…)

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I urge you to join me in signing this petition to ask Chevron not to drill in the arctic wilderness.

Having said that, I have news: Chevron doesn’t give a damn what you or I think of them.  There are only two things that will prevent this atrocity from occurring: a) drilling seems unprofitable, or b) a new presidential administration reinstates its prohibition.

 

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We see stories like this all the time.

If COVID-19 deaths were limited to those who have behaved stupidly and maliciously, I think we’d all be fine with that.

Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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The meme here got me thinking: who’s voting for Trump?  Or, maybe it would be easier and more instructive to list a few groups of people who aren’t voting for Trump: the vast majority of educators, Hispanics, blacks, medical professionals, scientists, LGBTQs, young people, veterans, top-level military, urbanites, intellectuals, atheists, people whose religions call for compassion, those who eschew pathologic lying, and woman who resent sex criminals. (more…)

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A few-second clip of a kid, summarizing the majority of Americans’ opinions, and those of the vast majority of folks around the globe.

As my wife likes to say, “This is a classic.”

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It affects no one except (in the U.S.):

• 204,340 dead plus their families and friends

• Another 6.7 million people suffering from the disease, plus their families and friends

• The owners of 20% of all small businesses that are closed (more…)

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Appealing to evangelical Christians is a key part of Trump’s re-election strategy, but what sort of American isn’t deeply rattled by top-listed candidate for the U.S. Supreme Court whose life’s mission is to transform the United States into a “Kingdom of God?”

No, that’s not a misquote; Amy Coney Barrett said, “(A) legal career is but a means to an end … and that end is building the Kingdom of God.”

I read an article in Christianity Today, hoping it would say something like: (more…)

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Yesterday, police uncovered another ghastly hate crime, this one in Iowa, outside of a community well known for white supremacist activity. A black grandfather’s body was founding burning, lying in a ditch.

It’s not news to Americans that the incidence of race-based crimes and hate-group activity is skyrocketing.  And, as shown below, it’s really not news to anyone anywhere that the image of the U.S. on the world stage has taken a terrible hit.  (more…)

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If you object to vulgar language, you’re going to want to skip this one. If, on the other hand, you’re not offended, I hope you’ll check out this wonderful video that describes Australia’s approach to climate change mitigation.

In the United States, the facts and figures aren’t identical, but Americans will note the striking (and disgusting) similarity between the Aussies and us.

 

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