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• The Tyranny of Merit — And Trumpist Revolt of the Losers

  

  What is justice? People getting what they deserve — for good or ill. Thus talents and efforts being rewarded. That’s meritocracy.But meritocracy has a... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Are All Ukrainians — Humanism Against the Wolves

  

  Humanist philosophy centers on humans, and our well-being. One human characteristic is tribalism. I see my tribe as humanity, a tribe I love. Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukraine and the Abyss

  

  A lot of the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons were stored in Ukraine. Thus when the USSR broke up, an independent Ukraine found itself with the world’s third... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Alice Green: We Who Believe in Freedom

  

  Teenaged Alice and her best friend got summer jobs at an Adirondack resort, looking forward to bunking together. The friend was shown a lovely room in the main... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Brewing (Non-Metaphorical) Civil War

  

  America is polarized between two tribes each seeing the other as threatening everything good and holy. That’s not news. However, the two sides are not mirror... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Pandemic of Unvaccinated Fools

  

  Every day the local paper reports on the county’s Covid numbers — cases, hospitalizations, deaths. Rarely does the word “unvaccinated” appear. As though hiding... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ukraine: Nearing September 1, 1939?

  

  On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France immediately went to war. It ended badly for Hitler and Germany. Will Putin, knowing that... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Dystopia: Inverted Trumpian Reality

  

  We’re heading into a “systems collapse,” of the societal structures underpinning our very way of life. The culprit? “Hard Left ‘woke’ ideology.” So says Victor... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fake Vaccination Cards

  

  Two Long Island nurses have been charged with scamming over $1.5 million selling forged vaccination cards. Reading about this, a few things struck me.They... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Would I Kill Him If I Could?

  

  A radio interview with scientist Robert Sapolsky shocked me. My humanist book group was currently discussing his tome on human behavior. Sapolsky spoke of his... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• El Exigente at the NY International Coin Show

  

  The New York International Coin Show is the premier event. It used to be each December; until 2001 when there was a little problem with the location — the... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden in The Winter of Our Discontent

  

  The commentariat’s hair is on fire over the seeming failure of President Biden, his administration, and his Democratic party, with polls showing dismal... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Noise: Noisier Than We Think

  

  The word “noise” has a special meaning in fields like statistics. Referring to all the reasons why some result deviates from the ideal; like an incorrect... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trumpism and Religion: God Help Us

  

  Nobody is a better advertisement for atheism than Trump.A man many evangelicals view, despite all his demerits, as God’s instrument for achieving their... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Call Me Fishmeal

  

  Half listening to the radio — some environment report — I heard the word “fishmeal.” And my brain popped out, “Call me Fishmeal. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s Catilinarians

  

  The Catilinarian Conspiracy was a notorious episode in Roman history.Rome’s (probably mythical) founding king, in 753 BC, was Romulus — who with his brother... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Don’t Look Up!

  

  Kate, a grad student working with astronomer Randall, discovers a new comet. Will hit Earth in six months. Twice as big as the asteroid that wiped out the... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2022 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Are America’s Global Interests?

  

  After their December 7 video call, President Biden said Putin got the message “loud and clear” that invading Ukraine (again) would incur a big price.The actual... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Supreme Court Follies #2: Guns

  

  The Supreme Court’s 1857 Dred Scott decision said no Black person can have any rights. That set a high bar for decisional badness. Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Supreme Court Follies #1: Abortion

  

  I use the word “follies” not in the fun sense, but as the plural of “folly.” The Supreme Court is plunging headlong toward great follies, as if calculated to... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY