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• The Million Moron March, and Political Tribalism

  

  There were fears of a violent insurrectionary “March on Washington” by gun nuts to keep Trump in office. Violence may yet occur. But what we’ll mainly see at... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Transition Travesty: the Expanding Republican Alternate Universe

  

  After years of falsely saying Democrats “refused to accept” the 2016 election — actually, it was Trump refusing to accept losing the popular vote — we always... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A New America

  

  Some commentators are opining that, in retrospect, Biden was the only candidate who could have beaten Trump. Biden outpaced most other Democrats on the ballot,... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Love for Trump Supporters

  

  We all have multiple allegiances. My central allegiance is to my species. Our great human project, since our dawn, has been to facilitate good rewarding lives,... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bye Bye Trump — Good Riddance

  

  Last night at the White House podium he gave the vilest presidential speech in history. Eclipsing the mark set the previous morning. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Unhinged Last-ditch Attack on Democracy

  

  Trump’s always been one big living lie (shown by his psychologist niece’s book). That’s gone into overdrive. Maybe his diseased mind actually fantasizes he can... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Deliverance — for Now — Barely

  

  My 2008 Rational Optimism book saw a powerful trend of human progress. With America in its vanguard. But progress never runs in a straight line, and democracy i... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Election Day —— !!!!

  

  I first voted in 1968. Always intensely interested in politics. But never before with such powerful feelings of hope and anxiety.With my wife at the pollsWe’re... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Choice 2020: The Final Word, by The Economist

  

  In 2016 we plunged into a political and societal crisis, which I’ve tried to chronicle and analyze. You’ve probably had your fill of it. Me too. But now... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Third Factor: My Political Journey to Radical Centrism

  

  I was invited to contribute a piece to Third Factor (an interesting magazine with a superb editor) — as a counterpoint to one wherein a Democrat expressed some... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Election: Seeing is Believing — Or Believing is Seeing

  

  A guy interviewed on NPR hoped his candidate would win in a landslide, fearing a close result would mean turmoil. His man: Trump. He worried about Democrats... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America Slams Door on Refugees

  

  Back in 2015, when I wrote unfavorably comparing America’s intake of Syrian refugees with Europe’s, my daughter (working in the Middle East for humanitarian... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lest We Forget: the Full Trump Record

  

  • Covid-19: America’s done virtually the worst of any advanced nation. Economy shut down, but so chaotically we got huge infection and death rates anyway.... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Debate Performance: “sleazy, Heinous, Disgusting”

  

  Those were the remarkable words of CNN’s judicious Jake Tapper; much of what Trump said was “completely made up;” his whole campaign the sleaziest ever. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump: a Damning Indictment

  

  The Albany Times-Union’s Sunday presidential endorsement editorial was quite extraordinary in multiple respects.It was unusually early. Filled an entire page.... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Black Swan

  

  You get fed every day. All you can eat. Treated very nicely too. As such days go by, you grow ever more confident they will continue. Then comes Thanksgiving —... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Dozen Daffy Delusions

  

  1. Urban rioting is scarier than Covid-19.12. Only Trump can fix it.23. Face masks infringe on freedom.34. Immigration is bad for us.45. Foreign trade costs... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Q&A with Biden

  

  I was privileged to participate in a zoom with Joe Biden today, and got to ask him a question.RicchettiThe session began with Steve Ricchetti (Biden’s chief of... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Disputed Presidential Election — of 1876

  

  In college I wrote a paper on the disputed 1876 election — a unique case in our history. Which I never thought I’d see reprised.President Grant, after two terms... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bidenomics: What to Expect

  

  Trump tries to scare voters with a bogeyman Biden — a captive of left-wing radicals who will turn America socialist, open borders, unleash violence, destroy... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY