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• Baltimore Coin Show Fun

  

  Last week I went to the Baltimore coin show. Normally thrice yearly, it hadn’t been held for two years, due to Covid. Southwest has a one-hour early flight, the... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two Waitings

  

  In 1977, when Avon published my fantasy novel, my middle initial was omitted on the cover. So we got a tart letter from the other Frank Robinson — Frank M. —a... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Intelligent Design” — Another View

  

  You’re walking in a forest and find a watch on the ground. Seems obviously the intentional creation of an intelligent designer. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dave Chapelle’s Netflix Trans Shocker

  

  Comedian Dave Chapelle had a history of offending some trans activists. His latest Netflix special, Closer, focusing on that subject, sparked a firestorm. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s Didius Julianus Moment

  

  Didius Julianus was the Roman Emperor who bought his crown at auction.Here’s the story. The madman Emperor Commodus (the one in Gladiator) was murdered on the... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Threat from the Illiberal Left

  

  Robert Boyers’s 2019 book, The Tyranny of Virtue, decried the woke left campus culture’s oppressive censoriousness. My 2020 review* ended by noting that the... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Robinson’s 2021 Albany Voters Guide

  

  Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan is running for a third term. Opposing her are Republican candidate Alicia Purdy and independent Greg Aidala; and Valerie Faust as a... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Donut King

  

  Ted Ngoy came to America, a refugee from Cambodia’s genocide, with nothing but some family members — and great drive. Worked hard at various jobs, one in a donu... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Phony Environmental Rights Amendment

  

  This election day, New Yorkers have the opportunity to vote for a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing us the right to clean air and water and to enjoy... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The State of the Union: A Republican Comeback?

  

  Conventional wisdom says a president’s party loses seats in midterm elections. Republicans, needing few gains to control Congress, will benefit from the census... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Religion as a Source of Morality and Witch Burning

  

  [I can hardly believe this piece got published in today’s Albany Times-Union. On the “Faith and Values” page! Especially my final paragraph!]*Most human... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Analyzing the Religious Right

  

  Katherine Stewart is an investigative reporter and author of the book, The Power Worshippers. I attended her talk titled “The dangerous rise of the religious... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Lookism” — Life is Unfair

  

  Discrimination is a hot topic — race, gender, age, sexual orientation. But there’s one sort widely unrecognized: what columnist David Brooks calls “lookism.”... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Afghanistan’s Bitter Lessons

  

  Craig Whitlock’s book, The Afghan Papers: A Secret History of the War, is a depressing litany of what went wrong — reading as if everything did. Is this a... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Crazies Rule: The State of Play in Congress

  

  Republicans have repeatedly cynically harmed America by playing the government shutdown card. Democrats, with narrow Congressional majorities, managed to head... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What is Love?

  

  I enjoy reading “Dear Abby.” Though her answers are often insipid, the letters are a window into human psychology. Not that they’re necessarily representative;... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Stolen Election of 2024

  

  The 2020 election was not stolen. The 2024 election may be.We’re learning more about January 6 and what led up to it. One aspect was Trump’s mental illness.... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Versus Biden Versus China

  

  His first day in office, Trump handed China a giant victory by nixing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal we’d expressly created to blunt China’s... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Brimfield’s Great Flea Market, and China’s Great Cultural Revolution

  

  Brimfield MA’s antiques flea market, several times yearly, is gigantic. My wife and I hadn’t gone in years, but decided to visit on September 10. About two hour... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Did 9/11 Change America?

  

  September 11 fundamentally changed America — or so we’re told, in a flood of 20th anniversary commentaries. I’m not so sure.Much is made of 9/11’s moment of... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY