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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1924 )

• What Made America Great, Again?

  The television show, "The Newsroom" was a creation of Aaron Sorkin.  It ran for only three seasons.  It was clever at times, it was brilliant at others. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Rush to Shadenfreude

  

  2003 statue of Humpty Dumpty, by Minnesota artist Fiebirgir, on display in Arizona Almost 7 years ago today, back in June of 2009, I wrote about the... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Oklahoma''

  past wisdom "I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• An Open Letter to the Clinton Campaign

  This year, from Joe Scarborough’s vapid attempt to characterize the working class as “mad at Republicans for not keeping promises to reign in the debt”, to Chuc... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Fossil Fuels Go the Way of the Dinosaur

  

  processing whale oil We see Oil Companies starting to relinquish their 'drill baby drill' grip on the more expensive-to- extract oil fields. Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Friday Fun Day!

  

  As outgoing president, with the economy improved, and high approvals both foreign and domestic, one can afford a little happy dancing in the White House. Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Drumpf, the Republican Clown Prince!

  

  I will venture a safe prediction here. Trump will lose, taking down ballot candidates with him. But in the highly unlikely event he wins the office of... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• World Malaria Day 2016

  

  It would be nice to believe that we are approaching the eradication of malaria, except that we aren't. It is true that we have made, world-wide, tremendous... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• If You Don't Support the Constitution for Everyone, You Don't Support the...

  

  image courtesy of Imagine magazine NOT an actual photo of TN State Rep. Jeremy Durham It has long been my contention that conservatives give lip service to the... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Why Would Muslims Be Antagonistic? Why AREN'T They?

  Several stories have caught my attention in the past few days.  One was the news that between 2000 and 2014, hate crimes against Muslims had increased 800%, eve... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Last Gasp of the Leith NoDak Takeover Attempt by Craig Cobb, Trump Supporter

  

  In the 2016 election cycle, no surprise, given the pandering to white supremacists by Donald Drumpf and his family, Craig Cobb is a supporter.  Last October... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The GOP Primary in Wisconsin by the Numbers, Conservatives Dislike Their...

  

  In spite of the high voter turnout there is a lack of enthusiasm for both of the leading GOP candidates that was on show in the primary in next-door Wisconsin. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• It's Science, Stupid!

  

  The gun-obsessed insist on a faulty reasoning, that if you restrict guns, only criminals will have guns.  That is not true, in nations where guns are much more... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conservatives Either Don't KNOW the Basics of Biology, Or They Are Eager to...

  

  I have long contended that conservatives generally, and Minnesota conservatives specifically, do not have a good grasp of basic biology - the stuff you should b... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• John Oliver Correctly Identifies What is Wrong with Trump on Nukes Use

  

  The right consistently goes with emotion over reason. The right is belligerently anti-intellectual; they are at best antagonistic to knowledge and to people... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• ASSLaw, So Aptly Named, Although Greedy ASSLaw Would Have More Truth in...

  

  Conservatives promote their own alternate economics schools to promote wealth and income inequality policies ASSLAW. I did not make this up. I swear, I did not... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Audacity of Privelege

  In my earliest years in school I generally detested writing.  In high school, English and anything relating to its use were always the areas in which I struggle... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Little Bit of Friday Fun for April Fool's Day 2016

  

  Even while being entertained, one should beware manipulation and continue to think critically. The video, while charming, is a rear projection. It is not... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right Wing Nuts Promoting Islamophobia, Part 2

  We saw it last fall, when some dumb bunny conservative bigot parent in Florida didn't want her kids learning "Ay-rabic Numerals". Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right Wing Nuts Promoting Islamophobia, Part 1

  

  Too often I find that what I write is prompted by a catalyst or inspiration to repudiate some hateful ignorance I find promoted by faulty right wing media,... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2016 DEBATE, SOCIETY