Here’s a note to the commenters who say that I seem to write an awful lot of “anti-Trump rants” lately. Yes, a lot of my recent pieces have been “anti-Trump,” but it’s important to point out that they’re really about …
Category: Renewables – Politics
Coming Next Week: Trump’s War on Mennonites and Sri Lankans. But Wait a Second….How Gullible Are We?
As Trump’s antics whipsaw the nation’s attention with the violence of a cat 5 hurricane between transgenders in the military (today), insulting the Boy Scouts (yesterday), Kushner’s bogus testimony on Russia (the day before), and the ceaseless march of daily …
Russia, Tillerson and Amazing Coincidence
We live in a world full of bizarre coincidence. Here’s a great example.
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Truth Doesn’t Care What You Believe, or What’s Being Written About It
I’m out here in Hawaii for a few days visiting my Fox News-loving mom, and, as one might expect, discussions of politics, all of them civil and mutually respectful, crop up between us naturally. Of course, these conversations face the …
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Is Trump Achieving His Goals?
In response to my piece in which I suggested that Trump could regain some support if he’d stop acting like a crazy person, the ubiquitous MarcoPolo writes:
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Can Trump Turn This Around?
There’s a meme going around Facebook that suggests that Trump’s record-setting low approval rating could be ameliorated if he’d stop acting like a crazy person. This is 100% true. Think for a second: What would you or I do in …
Renewable Energy Is a Profoundly Patriotic Idea
Since the birth of the union, appealing to patriotism has proven a powerful weapon in convincing Americans to do a variety of things, from enlisting in the military, to casting votes for certain candidates and initiatives, to buying products made …
Inciting Violence as a Response to the Politics of the Day
Those who may have been worried that our society was devolving into a nation of apathetic slugs can certainly lay aside those concerns at this point. Join 5.6 million of your other fellow Americans, and check out the ad below …
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What’s Up with the Koch Brothers?
Charles and David Koch are well known for their radical libertarian agenda, i.e., their effort to rid the U.S. of social security as well as public support of education, healthcare, technology research, transportation, and the arts. Now, if their advocacy …
Loyalty Pushed To Pathological Limits: Why Lying Has Become Part of the Fabric of Our Society
Unless I’m mistaken, it was Arlene Allen, at the University of California at Santa Barbara, who left the very first comment on this blog when it came on line almost exactly eight years ago, and I’ve been eagerly anticipating her …
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