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• 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

• Why Are Trumpsuckers So Manipulable?

  

  We evolved as an extraordinarily social species, with group cooperation a key adaptation. Of course every animal looks out for itself, to get its genes into... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Covidiocy

  

  In the debate, Trump mocked Biden’s mask-wearing, as he’s done continuously. Trump was probably already infected. He also denigrated Biden’s intelligence. Who... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mortimer Adler: Ten Philosophical “Mistakes”

  

  Mortimer Adler (1902-2001) was an American philosophy impresario. His shtick was promoting philosophy to the masses, at least the intelligent masses. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Debate: Trump’s Demons out of Control

  

  Trump is actually exceptionally intelligent. His glibness, ability to spin the blarney, is prodigious. Unfortunately, he is also mentally ill.One commentator... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Plan: “Get Rid of the Ballots”

  

  Trump is very clear. He says he wants the Supreme Court vacancy filled before Nov. 3, because he sees the election being decided by the court (not voters). He... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mychal Denzel Smith’s Revolution: Radical Left Magical Thinking

  

  I was shouting at the TV while watching with my wife The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah interview Mychal Denzel Smith (right), author of Stakes is High. Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• John Lewis and the “Beloved Community”

  

  One of my book groups read John Lewis’s 1998 autobiography, Walking With the Wind. He’s long been a hero to me.The subtitle is A Memoir of the Movement,... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY