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• Inflation: The Big Misunderstanding

  

  Inflation sours Americans about the economy — and President Biden. A January 14 Associated Press article by reporter Josh Boak examined this in depth. But faile... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Couples

  

  was a 1968 John Updike novel. I loved his writing, but it took me ages to finish Couples. It was about sex, and I was in my early twenties, sexually clueless. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Book Review of “The Democrat Party Hates America”

  

  Here (slightly edited) is the text of my January 2 Albany Library talk, reviewing Mark Levin’s book, The Democrat Party Hates America.Back in September, I... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Alternative Medicine” Versus (sigh) Science

  

  My humanist society recently hosted a talk by Abhijit Chanda, founder of “Rationable,” a YouTube channel. (The name does not refer to things subject to... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Global Evil and Insanity Rising

  

  The stakes in Ukraine could not be higher. Threatening our plunge into a much darker rule-of-the-jungle world where might makes right. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Science, Nature, Religion, and Civilization

  

  Charles Murray’s book Human Accomplishment is a historical examination of all the developments and advancements, in the arts and sciences, that have propelled... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Nikki Haley and the Monster That Ate Republicanism

  

  Nikki Haley is a good person. Pity she got mixed up with that Republican party. And, like so many, couldn’t summon the moral clarity to get out. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I Have Nothing to Say Today

  

  That heading is not some clever shtick. It’s the literal truth. I am writing a blog post with nothing to say.I just love writing, playing with words and ideas,... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Too Much Moralism

  

  I’m very moralistic. Not a claim of personal morality; rather, another applicable word is judgmental.Some decades ago, non-judgmentalism was the thing. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Jan. 2 Book Talk: “The Democrat Party Hates America”

  

  On Tuesday, January 2, I will critique Mark Levin’s book, The Democrat Party Hates America. In the context of our whole political landscape, I promise a rock-‘e... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Failed Psychedelic Quest

  

  “We should do this,” I told my wife, watching a Netflix documentary about psilocybin and other psychotropic substances, their growing therapeutic use, and... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trade Wars: Shooting Ourselves in the Foot (and Elsewhere)

  

  Free trade is bad — for some people — but good for most. Protectionism is good for some, bad for most. But those profiting from it know it, and reward... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Anti-semitism and Cancel Culture

  

  Here’s a letter to the editor I sent the local paper yesterday:First, criticizing Israel is not necessarily anti-semitism. I’m of Jewish ancestry, my mother... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Do We See Things?

  

  I’m not one to take anything for granted. That includes existence itself.It’s been observed that if some physics parameters, like the precise strength of... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bar Trump from the 2024 Ballot?

  

  A movement’s afoot to block Trump’s candidacy. Based on a 14th Amendment provision barring from federal office anyone who “engaged in insurrection” against the... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• David Lynch’s Hilarious 1984 “Dune”

  

  Trolling Netflix, my wife and I stumbled upon David Lynch’s 1984 film, “Dune.” I’d read the Frank Herbert sci-fi novel in the ’70s; hadn’t remembered this film... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Marriage

  

  In all my years of blogging, I’ve barely touched upon my life’s central thing: my marriage with Therese Broderick. (I’ve eschewed boastfulness, humility being... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Criticizing Israel is Not Anti-semitism

  

  Predictably, the Middle East horrors bring out, too widely, not humanistic responses, but their antitheses. Ideological pathologies. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democracy and the Press: We’re in Trouble

  

  Our democracy is in deep trouble. A big part of that is people unable to tell truth from lies (indeed, reality versus downright crazy) and which news sources... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Modus Vivendi in a World Going Nuts

  

  A recent major poll showed Trump leading Biden in five of six key swing states. Many people won’t vote for Biden because he’s old. But will vote instead for a... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2023 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY