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• Coronavirus Realities

  

  Trump, having previously said the economic shutdown could last till August, now wants a return to normalcy much sooner. (Much sooner than medical experts... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• COVID-19: How Much is a Life Worth?

  

  Watching news reports about the economic devastation, my wife said the unsayable: “This isn’t worth it.”The economic disaster is not from people falling ill, bu... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Leadership and Attitude in a Crisis

  

  In this crisis, daily White House press briefings with professionals like Dr. Fauci are good. Trump being there is not. Maybe he fantasizes he looks leaderlike. Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Only WE Can Fix It: Speech by Joe Biden

  

  In the past I’ve written speeches for politicians, like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton — tongue-in-cheek speeches they’d never give. But now I’ve written one... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Artificial Intelligence and Our Ethical Responsibility

  

  (A virus-free and Trump-free post. (At least until I added this.))Artificial Intelligence (AI) was originally conceived as replicating human intelligence. That... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Responsibility

  

  “Leadership: Whatever happens, you’re responsible. If it doesn’t happen, you’re responsible.”—— Trump, tweeting in 2013, slamming Obama)“No, I don’t take... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! And the Chickens Come Home to Roost

  

  The end of the world. Everything shut down, cancelled, locked down.This is what we get when we elect a government of clowns. Trump’s response has been largely... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bernie: Time to Support Biden

  

  In any human endeavor, rationality demands asking what purpose is served. It’s not always obvious.What purpose is served now by Sanders continuing to campaign? Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Coronavirus/Covid19: Don’t Panic, It’s Just Flu

  

  It may or may not be a pandemic, but it is certainly a panic. A huge chunk of Italy, including Milan and Venice, is locked down, as is much of Washington State. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Contradiction: Religion and Results for U.S. Blacks

  

  In Jeremiah Camara’s film Contradiction: A Question of Faith, the question is whether blacks’ religiosity helps or harms them.They tend to be more religious tha... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Afghan Surrender

  

  The story begins 40 years ago with a Communist coup. The Soviets invaded to protect the new regime, while Muslims rose in revolt. We supported and armed them.... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Super Tuesday and American Democracy

  

  As Super Tuesday loomed, I hoped for a triumph of sanity — but feared its last stand. Thank you, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, tribunes of sanity who did th... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Nightmare — Sanders Versus Trump

  

  “American Nightmare” is The Economist’s latest cover story. This is an authoritative, extremely serious, sober publication, not given to hysteria. But this... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Inequality Really Worsening?

  

  Rising inequality is a fixture of left-wing polemics. Sanders harps on it. Lamenting a widening gap between the richest and the rest. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Democrat Drinks Some Trump Kool-Aid

  

  Karlyn Borysenko was a strong New Hampshire Democrat for 20 years. Considered Trump supporters all racist, “horrible (yes, even deplorable),” as is Trump... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• God and Meaning

  

  Core claims of religion are that God gives us morality, and gives our lives meaning. An essay by Daniel Farrell, in Louise Antony’s book Philosophers Without... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Broken Politics and Rule-of-law Augur U.S. Decline

  

  Trump boasts about the strong economy. What makes it strong? Certainly not his “policies,” like stupid trade wars, and curbing immigration, very harmful. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The End of Blogging?

  

  I started blogging in May 2008. It seemed cutting edge then. Now it seems passé.My wife blogged first, and encouraged me to do it, mainly to promote my book. Bu... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Insane War on Immigrants

  

  Six more countries, including Africa’s most populous, have been added to Trump’s travel ban. He has also slashed, again, our annual refugee ceiling, to just... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• When the Monster in the Nightmare is You

  

  Monsters are a staple of nightmares.Recently I dreamed I surreptitiously listened in to a phone call between my wife and our dentist. The hushed conversation wa... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY