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The Rational Optimist
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Commentary of Life, Society, Politics, and Philosophy
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Transgender Wars
Changing gender wasn’t even a thing till the 20th century. This new concept discombobulated many minds, with hostility toward trans people. But now, happily,... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Vaccination and Evangelical Trumpers: The Enemy Within
Since January 20, we finally have a rational national plan for Covid — to vaccinate as fast as possible, to achieve “herd immunity.” That’s when the virus peter... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Police Brutality Shocker in Albany, NY
Faced with protesters against police brutality, how did the Albany police respond? With brutality.I supported Mayor Kathy Sheehan when she first ran, against... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Goodbye, Afghanistan
She’d gotten a new job offer, our daughter Elizabeth said on the phone from Jordan. Asking our opinion. A nice surprise, that she’d ask. “It’s in Afghanistan,”... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Tucker Carlson and “replacement” Racism
United Airlines announced a program to get more diversity in its pilot training. Fox’s Tucker Carlson went on a rant saying all that should matter in the cockpi... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Our Gal in the New York Times
My daughter, Elizabeth Robinson, has made her debut in the august pages of The New York Times. A letter to the editor, signifying serious chops. Read more
Posted on 18 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
How to Create a Mind
Humans try to understand our reality. Including how our minds do that. “Futurist” Ray Kurzweil has posited a coming “singularity” when artificial intelligence... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Guns and Republicans: Soft on Crime
“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Biden is ‘soft on crime’ but tramples Second Amendment rights.”Reading that line in the paper turned my... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Leadership Lessons: How (not) to Get Girls
Governor Andrew Cuomo hungered for feminine companionship. I can relate to that. All his power and glory may not cut it for him without a woman in the picture.... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Minneapolis Trial — What Kind of Nation Are We?
“All men are created equal.” The Supreme Court pediment proclaims “Equal Justice Under Law.” The Constitution begins, “We the people.”We’ve had four years of... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP Online Fundraising Reveals a Dishonest, Depraved and Dangerous Party
In 2016 I gave Marco Rubio a small donation. Last year, far more to Democrats. Yet it’s Republican fundraising emails that continue to flood my inbox. On one... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Belief in God is Morally Wrong
In May 2019, Attorney General William Barr, in a speech at Notre Dame, thundered that America is undergoing a moral apocalypse. Which he blamed on irreligion an... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Freedom of Speech and Lies
“Are Jews hidden in your attic?” You answer with a lie.Kant had a categorical take on morality, with lying considered always wrong. Read more
Posted on 28 March 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Richard Dawkins’s 80th Birthday Party
Richard Dawkins is one of my intellectual heroes. I was thrilled to be invited to his 80th birthday party, on zoom, with about twenty others; hosted by Robyn... Read more
Posted on 25 March 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Europe’s Covidiocy
During 2020, Europe put America to shame regarding Covid, as our president willfully refused to treat it seriously, even encouraging flouting precautions, surel... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Cancel Culture and “The Human Stain”
Coleman Silk was a dynamo college dean who put his school on the map. Now he’s teaching a classics seminar; two students enrolled therein have never attended.... Read more
Posted on 20 March 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
How to Write a Blog
I think about things. About what’s happening in the world, my life, things I read, etc. Being exposed to much thought-provoking content, it literally provokes... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The British Royals: Netflix’s “The Crown”
“The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred ready to ride them.”Jefferson wrote that in his last... Read more
Posted on 11 March 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Republican War on Voting Rights
Republicans are a minority party. Winning the presidential popular vote only once (and then barely) since 1988. Their weakness masked by the electoral college... Read more
Posted on 08 March 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
“The Statue”— My Short Story Video
My tale, “The Statue,” was a winner in the Hudson Valley Writers Guild’s recent short story contest. Originally written around fifty years ago, it might have... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY