I wrote a post recently on how conservatives hate California, and tend to represent it as a dystopia that has come about from decades of socialist policies and general mismanagement, In response, a reader notes:
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In California, Facts Are Preferable To Rumors
As someone who’s lived in California for more than 40 years, I never cease to be amazed at how aggressively conservatives hate this state–a deep obsession that goes far past Donald Trump’s revulsion for the state. Republicans tend to represent …
How American Farmers Are Faring under Biden
Politically, one thinks of farmers as Republicans: God-fearing, no nonsense, rugged individualists. Yet, Trump’s economic decisions, while they were excellent for the ultra-rich, were catastrophic for others, especially those whose financial conditions rise or fall dramatically according to seemingly small …
Philosophy of Taxation
Here’s Ike Eisenhower defending his 90% top tax rate on corporations, at the same time the top rate on individuals was 70%. Nowadays we’re being told that “real Americans” need to oppose the idea of taxing the rich, as it’s …
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Do We Have To Inflict Political Lies on Our Children?
It is easy to understand that conservatives want to imbue our kids with their values, and, even though I don’t share those values, I don’t have a huge problem with that. What I find objectionable about Mike Huckabee’s “Kids (sic) …
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Subsidies To Oil Companies
A friend from the world of acting writes: I am sincerely naive about stocks, international finance, etc. My life has been about art and human rights so please accept this in a truly non-political sense. I don’t understand continuing subsidies …
Tagged with: Big Oil is doing everything in its considerable power to strong-arm Congress so as to remain embedded in our society, Climate Change, fossil fuels were what made the 20th Century what it was in terms of economic growth, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, oil industry is more than 100 years old, oil industry the wealthiest enterprise in human history, subsidies to oil companies, transition to energy resources
Controlling Corporations
Perhaps 112 years ago, what Teddy Roosevelt wanted so desperately for our nation actually could have been accomplished, though it certainly seems out of reach now. What we can do, which will win back some of the control we’ve lost …
Talking Renewables on Television
It’s been a few years since I was a guest on Judith West’s TV show, “Getting Your Money’s Worth” — see below. The PR firm I hired tried to get me on as many television and radio programs as possible, …
Why Is This Company a Scam?
Here’s a product from a company called Veer: the Split Belt. Its inventor claims it has distinct advantages over conventional belts used in bicycles, motorcycles, etc., and it very well may. Yet I see this as a scam. Why? Because …
Sometimes, There Is No Truth in Marketing
Here’s a handgun holster that can be mounted anywhere in your home, for instant access to a loaded weapon. People hire me as a marketing consultant, often involving me in the naming of a certain product for our service. If …
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