Trump is a gifted human being–in one sense only, but it’s an extremely important one. He can speak to greedy people in a compelling way. But more importantly, he can address huge masses of unintelligent Americans in a way that …
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Why would it be terrifying to learn that we are alone in the universe? At this point in human civilization, I hope that we’re not visited by an alien species. We’re technologically advanced, but horribly backwards in terms of decency, …
It would be interesting to know if this is a direct reference to Donald Trump, a man who’s made a career out of ripping people off, and a wide variety of other forms of criminality. I believe so. It’s hard …
Stoic philosopher Seneca the Younger gives us what is possibly the very best view into what life was like in the days of ancient Rome. As we can see at left, the situation in today’s United States bears a distinct …
There are some extremely disturbing trends out there in the world, and the most visible of them are here in the United States. I just had a conversation with a guy who asked me, “Isn’t the implementation of renewable energy …
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Apparently, what Cardinal Mueller said at left is factual, and, for some perverse reason, it makes me laugh. This guy is so far out of step with the Catholic church and the changes it’s made over the last decade or …
It’s both surprising and disappointing to see our country’s greatest minds, like Mark Twain and Robert Frost, make comments like this about education. Would our children be better off illiterate? Unable to find Russia on a globe? Believing that the …
The message at left is that we live among people who believe that every U.S. citizen should be armed at all times. Every teacher, real estate agent, pastry chef, little old lady, and perhaps even our kids themselves, so often …
What Karl Marx said here has been repeated by many dozens of people over the years, notably George Carlin (see below).
Moronocracy
Quite possibly the single most offensive part of the Trump presidency is that the White House has gone to a great deal of effort to find the very most incompetent people to fill the government’s most important positions. We have …
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