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• Ai Weiwei and Bono on Art and Capitalism

  

  No word triggers more nonsense thinking than “capitalism.” For centuries, when Christianity reigned, the ubiquitous bogeyman was Satan. As that superstition... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Myanmar’s Agony: “The Road Not Taken”

  

  “The Road Not Taken” is a film (created on an iPhone) by Ko Pauk, of Myanmar (Burma), illustrating the country’s situation. My wife and I were invited to a... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Does Ancestry Mean?

  

  My wife was intrigued by a statistician’s writing that if you go back 3400 years, we’re all related. Not actually surprising if you think about it. Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Epicurianism for Today: Freedom and Happiness

  

  At a humanist meeting there was some pamphlet including a list of worthy thinkers. My friend Peter Delivorias remarked upon the omission of Epicurus. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My New Book — The American Crisis: Chronicling and Confronting the Trump...

  

  The American Crisis: Chronicling and Confronting the Trump Shitstorm, by Frank S. Robinson; Verity Press International; 247 pages; $12.95 (+ $4 shipping in USA)... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How to Play With Your Food

  

  Who could resist that book title found at a yard sale? More, the authors were Penn & Teller — renowned magicians and outspoken advocates for reason against... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Witch Hunts Past and Present

  

  I’ve written about the Western world’s witch burning craze during the 15th-18th centuries.* Recently I’ve read more on the subject in a book by Martin Harris,... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Curse of the Undead: Trump Declares Candidacy Again

  

  What a shocker. And with a meandering stream-of-consciousness speech predictably full of lies and howlers.After January 6, it almost looked like Republicans... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Climate: We’re Cooked

  

  Like the proverbial frog in the pot whose temperature slowly rises.Yes (sigh) this is about climate change. But please read it anyway, it may provide some... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Election — Not the End of Civilization — Yet

  

  Well, the worst was averted. Hailed as a victory by Democrats and President Biden, now suddenly politically rejuvenated. Sanity prevailed — in a lot of places a... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Political Attack Ads: Bad for You, Bad for America

  

  When America’s descent into idiocracy is chronicled, there will be a chapter on political advertising.We keep seeing laments about campaigns growing costlier. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s Appointment in Samarra

  

  An old Arab parable: In Baghdad’s marketplace, a man’s servant finds himself eyed ominously by a figure he recognizes as Death. To escape his fate, he’ll ride... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Iran: Theocracy Hypocrisy

  

  Decrying Iran’s tyranny, and rooting for the women protesters, is facile. But two points:One, Iran is seemingly a special case among the world’s dictatorships... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Herschel Walker and the Character Issue

  

  The 2006 film Idiocracy’s premise was dimbulbs procreating like rabbits, producing a dumb population. Imagine the kind of people they elect. Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Pelosi Attack

  

  Okay, one swallow does not a summer make, nor one nutjob’s violence a holocaust. But it’s one more signpost on our downward road.David DePape was a Trumpian... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Right Track, Wrong Track: I Lied

  

  I lied, to a pollster. Asked the iconic “right track/wrong track” question, I said America is on the right track. Because my truthful answer would redound... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukraine: Russia’s Dirty Bomb Warning

  

  Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has warned that Ukraine will use a “dirty bomb.” That’s a conventional explosive that spews radioactive contamination. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chinese Exceptionalism: the Mandate of Heaven, and Political Legitimacy

  

  Xi Jinping has started a third term as China’s ruler.Not “elected.” While democracy has achieved such moral cachet that even the worst dictators (like Putin)... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Max Boot on Trump Derangement Syndrome

  

  “Trump derangement syndrome” is invoked by his fans gleeful at his driving opponents nuts. Of course, those opponents are entirely rational; it’s Trumpers... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Seeing “Hamilton” in London

  

  Calling London an international city is inadequate. It’s like a city with no nationality at all; no native tongue, everyone speaking their own.“Does anyone spea... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY