At left we see one of the great numbers of ways in which Norway (and countries like it) does things better than we do in the United States. In every single one of these differences there is a common thread: …
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An old teacher of mine writes, “This guy thinks a mask makes him look stupid.” Now that’s funny. The Republican party has split into three parts: a) wealthy conservatives who would rather die than be seen in an outfit like …
This is a good representation of the horror of the last five years of life here in the United States. Of course, it’s what the Trump supporters think about people like me, whom they dub “sheeple” and “libtards.”
Being uninterested in politics was never a reasonable position to take, as people 2400 years ago, including Socrates and Plato, told us. Yet, until 2015, American politics was something of a snooze. It was defined, unfortunately, by corruption, meaning that …
A friend who sells water purification systems to homeowners just got the vaccination, after holding out these many months. I commended him, and said that, since he goes into other people’s houses, and some of these people must be concerned …
Don’t confuse stupidity with malice. He knows what he’s doing. He thinks it’s good politics. And he just might be right.
Here’s an article that examines the many (they claim there are 13) different types of Trump supporters. This might be too fine-grained. I like the simplicity of this: • Racists and xenophobes • Selfish and greedy people • The willfully and hopelessly ignorant, …
Here’s another good example of how far we’ve fallen in terms of our capacity to recognize and deal with criminality when it comes from rich and powerful people. Nixon would have clearly been charged with obstruction of justice had he …
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From Reuters: A former boxer charged with punching a Washington police officer in the head during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol faces a sentence of up to 51 months in prison after pleading guilty on Friday to …
From this article: Sorry—am I missing something? Did we or did we not all learn last Friday that the previous president of the United States of America, in his last weeks in office, tried to strong-arm the Justice Department to falsely declare that …
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