The evangelicals have seen the light, if you’ll pardon the pun. Hundreds of those who remain are in federal prison on a variety of felony convictions associated with conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government. There are still all manner of …
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How Today’s Republicans Think
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich’s statement here is interesting, but I think the answer is even simpler. Our country is roughly equally divided between those who care about the well-being of others, and those who crave reasons to think …
Far-Right Extremism
The rise of ultra-right-wing personalities in countries that are historically democratic should be a concern to all. Yet we need to know that the United States is unique in both its economic strength (world’s #1 GDP), and its promotion of …
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Sick of Woke People? This May Be for You.
Apparently, there is a social media platform available to those who resent “woke” people, where participants can discuss a great variety, including gardening and poetry. I have to confess that I have a morbid curiosity about this. What type of …
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Trump and Evangelicals Appear to be Parting Ways
We all know that Donald Trump has the emotional maturity of a spoiled eight-year-old and is incapable of controlling his temper whenever someone mentions a disparaging word about him. But when the source of such a word is the community …
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From ABC News: At Least 74 Illinois Sheriff’s Departments Vow to Defy State Assault Weapons Ban
From this: At least 74 Illinois sheriff’s departments have publicly vowed to defy elements of a recent gun-control law signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, which banned assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and switches. The officers have vowed to not check if …
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Why Is It Disloyal to Side with Russia? Ooh! Ooh! Call on Me!
I’ll “wait a second,” then mention that Russia is: • An avowed enemy of the U.S., with nuclear weapons aimed at each one of our population centers • A brutal dictatorship, imprisoning and torturing its dissenters • Waging an aggressive …
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Removing Money from Politics
My mom occasionally mentions that the blog here has a tendency to be repetitive, and there’s no arguing that. After all, there are only a few main impediments to humankind’s living longer, healthier, more just, more satisfying lives on a …
Challenging the First Amendment in Arkansas
There is no doubt that 99+% of the people of Arkansas are totally fine with what their governor has said here, and that their kids are learning to be “children of God.” Of course, this violates the provision of the …
Special Prosecutor Looking into President Biden
FWIW, I’m happy that Garland appointed a special prosecutor in the Biden/documents case. This is what AGs do when there is both a) reason to believe a crime has been committed, and b) there could be the apparency of a …
