The meme here is a reference to President Trump’s recent conversation with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about the death by torture of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who died after being jailed by North Korea, in which Trump said, …
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What Are We To Believe?
Scottish philosopher David Hume, one of the 18th Century empiricists, told us, “We always disbelieve the greater miracle.” This means that, when confronted with two conflicting but highly improbable statements, one of which is true and the other false, we …
What Does “Democratic Socialism” Mean?
The meme here is intended to educate people who believe that democratic socialism and Marxism are somehow identical. But there are some open-ended questions: How far does this go? How much government-provided public transportation, education, and healthcare make sense? How …
Calculus in Politics
Differential calculus is the study of the rates at which quantities change. For instance, if you’re standing on your roof and you throw a baseball at 10 meters per second upward so that it lands in your swimming pool 8 meters below, …
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International Nightmare Far from Over
This morning’s seven-point indictment against and arrest of Trump ally and adviser Roger Stone reminds us of how complicated and time-consuming all this is, and what a nightmare the Trump presidency continues to be for the nation. One can’t look …
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The Three-Ring Circus that Is 2019 U.S. Justice
I was in London for a few days when the OJ Simpson trial was going on, and, to my astonishment, most of the folks over there were tracking this event far more closely than many Americans. I learned not to …
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti Speaks
“Pity” is a well-chosen word here; it’s a shame what has happened to the United States. People all over the world are trying to understand the “Trump phenomenon.” Here’s an explanation I came across just yesterday that has some appeal; …
Truth and Justice Are Coming
My wife hates it when I gratuitously correct others’ grammar or word usage, but sometimes I can’t help myself. Here, a friend writes on Facebook: Had a premonition today. TRUTH is coming. JUSTICE is coming.
Does This Really Work for Trump?
It is understandable that this tweet, like all the others, is an attempt on Trump’s part to play to his base, but this is so inane and mean-spirited that it’s hard to believe that base is on board with the …
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As Americans, Who Are We?
I’m not sure which I like better: the meme here, or this quote from Mark Twain, “Patriotism is the act of believing your country is the greatest country in the world based on nothing more than the fact that you …
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