The author of the meme here poses an interesting question, but I honestly don’t believe it has a straightforward answer. A couple of things are certain: a) Trump is intensely driven to become the most powerful person on Earth, one …
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Yes, It’s Who We Are. Admit It, Then Do What You Can to Change It.
I agree with this woman 100% (though I point out that her last sentence here is a statement, not a question). Here in the U.S., for instance, we wouldn’t have elected a terrible person to lead us if we ourselves …
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Watching Out for Trump
I like this guy’s positivity, but I caution that Trump is coming out “armed for bear,” in terms of centralizing power within the U.S. presidency, and he’s making sure he runs into as little resistance as possible. What he’s doing …
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Does Algebra Have Any Value in Your Life?
Most math teachers wish they had a dollar for every time some cheeky 14-year-old raised his hand in their class and asked, “Am I ever going to use this even once in my life?” I’ll grant that, if you’re not …
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What Americans’ Tattoos Signify
Here’s a woman with a tattoo that reminds us that about 45% of our countrymen have joined a cult of ignorance and hate, and another 5% are in another, closely related cult: one of selfishness and greed. Both vote for …
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What the American People Need to Take Away from Trump’s Flipping Off the U.S. Justice Department
At left are the words of U.S. representative Adam Schiff. Sure, conservatives view Schiff as some sort of blend of the anti-Christ and Karl Marx, but doesn’t he have a point here? Didn’t the American people have a right to have …
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The Unelected Bureaucracy
When people like Ramaswamy are taken to be serious candidates to become president of the United States, it can only be because the people they’re speaking to are morons. It’s a grotesque truth–but one we’re forced to accept.
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Trump and U.S. Foreign Relations
The author of this meme asks a very good question–one I would love to have answered before I check out of here. If you surveyed everyone who voted against Trump, I think you’ve find four prevalent responses: • Trump has …
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Haunted by Disappointment
Perhaps there were times in U.S. history when government failed the people in a way that was not too different from what we have today. I heard recently that the robber-barons of the late 19th Century were so corrupt that …
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Which Generation of Americans Was “The Best?”
This photo appears to have been taken about the same year I was these kids’ age, ca. 1965. It depicts white and black school students , all standing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. What made this generation “the best?” …
