Until very recently, there was virtually no controversy about things like the meme here. Our Constitution, which used to be understood and respected by all schoolchildren and adult Americans, makes the eligibility requirements for the House and Senate quite clear. …
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Complying with Evil
Admiral McRaven made this statement in 2020; God only knows what he’s thinking about this now. I continue to wonder how it’s possible that people of honor and intelligence like our top military commanders don’t simply refuse to comply with …
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Gas Prices: Whose Lives Are Altered?
In the last couple of months, gas prices here have risen from ~$3.50/gallon to ~$5.40/gallon. That’s a 54% increase and it’s hit working class folks hard. Liberals are not “losing their minds”; they simply have empathy for other people.
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Problems and Solutions
This country has real problems–ones that actually exist. Here, I mean things like poverty, child hunger, environmental collapse, lousy education, and the absence of affordable healthcare. I tend to vote for the party that is at least attempting to deal …
Homophobia
The United States has transformed itself in a land of hatred, whether that means blacks, Muslims, immigrants, or gays. Whether or not we should be talking about homosexuality in our schools is a controversial matter, but could it be any …
Assessing Trump’s Sanity
If you still think that Trump is sane and an honest servant of the American people, even after all this, you have something profoundly wrong with you.
Disinformation: The Currency of the Trump Administration
As we’re all aware, humankind carries around a cognitive bias in the form of seeking out information that confirms what we already believe, and the author of the meme at left has created a textbook example. Each line conveys a …
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What Are the Limits to Presidential Power, if They Exist at All?
Haven’t we all wondered about this? Obviously, there are limits to presidential power as set forth in the U.S. Constitution, which Trump is exceeding almost every day. But can he rename the U.S. Capitol the “Donald J. Trump Capitol Building?” …
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How Much Does America Mean to Trump?
What his remaining supporters don’t (or refuse to) understand about Trump is that items like “250 years of democracy” don’t mean a goddamn thing to him. He’d have sold his mother to the devil for another five minutes of power. …
American Poorer and Less Safe
Without a doubt, Americans’ financial and physical security is important. But what about our moral wellbeing? We’re a pariah nation, led by a criminal sociopath.
