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The Rational Optimist
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The Debate: Trump’s Demons out of Control
Trump is actually exceptionally intelligent. His glibness, ability to spin the blarney, is prodigious. Unfortunately, he is also mentally ill.One commentator... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump’s Plan: “Get Rid of the Ballots”
Trump is very clear. He says he wants the Supreme Court vacancy filled before Nov. 3, because he sees the election being decided by the court (not voters). He... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Mychal Denzel Smith’s Revolution: Radical Left Magical Thinking
I was shouting at the TV while watching with my wife The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah interview Mychal Denzel Smith (right), author of Stakes is High. Read more
Posted on 25 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
John Lewis and the “Beloved Community”
One of my book groups read John Lewis’s 1998 autobiography, Walking With the Wind. He’s long been a hero to me.The subtitle is A Memoir of the Movement,... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Ginsburg Seat: into the Abyss
We were already at Armageddon. Pandemic and economic collapse, schools closed, racial turmoil, and our political tribalism climaxing with the most divisive and... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Rhapsody in Blue
I’m no music buff. But being human I enjoy music; mainly music inspiring positive emotion. Often supplying my own words to go with it.I visit New York City for ... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump’s Depravity Explained by His Psychologist Niece
There’s been much psychoanalysis of Trump. Though his depravity seems obvious to any objective observer, supporters dismiss that as baseless partisan slander.... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Economics and Sex
(NOTE: the following was actually written before the pandemic (I have a backlog). Question for discussion: how is this analysis altered, if at all, by the new... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
My Beautiful Birthday Brunch Buffet
I’ve always loved food buffets — being able to taste many different flavors. (Maybe my welcoming immigration is psychologically related.) One of the reasons I’v... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Darwin’s Apostles and Evolutionary Science: Fighting “fake News”
Dr. Abby Hafer has her doctorate in zoology from Oxford University and currently teaches at Curry College. She has authored the book Unintelligent Design,... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
“I’m Not Making This Up” — Dave Barry’s Greatest Hits
This book was in my cupboard for years — okay, decades. I noticed it was published during the Reagan administration when I pulled it out and decided to read... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Schizophrenic Anti-reality Convention
Schizophrenia is characterized by disconnect between aspects of one’s personality; between reality and what’s in one’s brain.Today’s Republican party, the... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Political Violence: Thinking About the Unthinkable
It’s December 13, 2020. Trump’s been crushingly defeated, Democrats have won the Senate — and Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died.Just three weeks of lame duck... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins’s novel American Dirt begins with a bang. Literally. A gunshot. Then a lot more.It’s a quinceañera party, in Acapulco. The massacre’s cause: a... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Political Insanity Round up
While several commentators on a CNN panel lauded Biden’s superb speech Thursday night, stressing the character chasm between the candidates, the Republican Scot... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
One Country, Two Planets
For half a century I would watch Republican conventions and feel reminded of what my Republicanism meant.This week’s Democratic convention reminded me of... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Belarus Crisis
Belarus (once known as “White Russia;” capital Minsk) is a European former Soviet republic becoming independent with the USSR’s 1991 collapse. In 1994, Alexande... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Biden’s Extraordinary Nominating Speech: Less is More
I’m a lifelong political junkie. Watched every national convention over 56 years. A connoisseur of the speeches. Key, of course, is the presidential nominating... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
100 Years of Women Voting
Today is the 100th anniversary of the constitutional amendment giving women the vote. That came just eleven weeks before the 1920 presidential election. Read more
Posted on 18 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
George Floyd and That $20 Bill
It all started when a store clerk called police, accusing George Floyd of trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. In all the vast Floyd coverage, no one seems... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY