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• 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

• How Much is a Life Worth? A 9/11 Movie

  

  It seemed an odd subject for a film: the story of the 9/11 victims’ compensation fund. But Worth explores the issue of how we value a life. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden’s Trumpian Foreign Policy

  

  For four Trump years we had a bull-in-a-china-shop foreign policy. An ignoramus thinking himself a genius — a deadly combination. His “America First” policy so... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “The Stranger” — Does Anything Matter?

  

  “Mother died today.”That’s the opening line of Albert Camus’s novel, The Stranger. When I started reading it, my own mother had died a few days before.His... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lessons of Afghanistan: Cynicism Versus Humanism

  

  “Hubris” is the word of choice to sneer at America’s global engagement. Now we’re scolded that we arrogantly deluded ourselves we could do good in Afghanistan.... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• If Civilization Goes out

  

  I’m not one of those pessimists believing humanity is riding for a fall. We’ve proven remarkably good at overcoming challenges and improving our condition. Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Black Holes and Humanity

  

  The force of gravity is proportional to mass and diminishes with distance. When a star dies, there’s a lot of mass in a pretty small space, and no more force... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Afghanistan Disaster

  

  President Biden decided that 20 years of commitment to Afghanistan was enough, so he’d pull out our few thousand troops. Never mind that we’ve had tens of... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2021 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY