In a way, we could say that astrology was the precursor to all the anti-science conspiracy theories of today, including climate denial, anti-vax, and the flat Earth. That wouldn’t be a problem if these people couldn’t vote, but sadly, this …
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Astrology and Its Role in Our World
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Americans Don’t Appear Capable of the Most Basic Elements of Justice
This is illustrative of how screwed this country is. Tens of millions of us have no regard for the most obvious, provable facts shaping our lives. Our president clearly tried to overthrow the federal government of the United States, and …
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Tagged with: Americans seem entirely incapable of anything resembling criminal justice for our country's wealthiest and most powerful people, Basic Forms of Justice, Brazil finally figured out that their equivalent of Donald Trump Jair Bolsonaro was a sociopathic felon, how screwed this country is, our president clearly tried to overthrow the federal government of the United States, overwhelming evidence that the president was a psychotic criminal, two-tiered justice, we eagerly offered Trump a second term in the White House
Left Wing Values Are Holding Firm Against an Onslaught of Hate and Stupidity
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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Tagged with: compassion for the oppressed, environmental responsibility, Human rights, Onslaught of Hate and Stupidity, quality education, the majority of Americans have liberal values, the use of science in informing public policy, Trump bootlickers can remain in office, Trump is a gifted human being, Trumps addresses huge masses of unintelligent Americans in a way that is so convincing that his words seem to them to have come from Almighty God Himself, universal healthcare, we find ourselves at the mercy of a Republican-led congress
Are We Alone in the Universe?
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, …
Warren Buffet on Dealing with Bad People
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 …
Religion in American Politics
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 …
Building a Better World Means Helping One Another
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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Catholic Cardinal vs. Woke Ideologies
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 …
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Education in America
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 …
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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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