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• The Ginsburg Seat: into the Abyss

  

  We were already at Armageddon. Pandemic and economic collapse, schools closed, racial turmoil, and our political tribalism climaxing with the most divisive and... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Rhapsody in Blue

  

  I’m no music buff. But being human I enjoy music; mainly music inspiring positive emotion. Often supplying my own words to go with it.I visit New York City for ... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Depravity Explained by His Psychologist Niece

  

  There’s been much psychoanalysis of Trump. Though his depravity seems obvious to any objective observer, supporters dismiss that as baseless partisan slander.... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Economics and Sex

  

  (NOTE: the following was actually written before the pandemic (I have a backlog). Question for discussion: how is this analysis altered, if at all, by the new... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Beautiful Birthday Brunch Buffet

  

  I’ve always loved food buffets — being able to taste many different flavors. (Maybe my welcoming immigration is psychologically related.) One of the reasons I’v... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Darwin’s Apostles and Evolutionary Science: Fighting “fake News”

  

  Dr. Abby Hafer has her doctorate in zoology from Oxford University and currently teaches at Curry College. She has authored the book Unintelligent Design,... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “I’m Not Making This Up” — Dave Barry’s Greatest Hits

  

  This book was in my cupboard for years — okay, decades. I noticed it was published during the Reagan administration when I pulled it out and decided to read... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Schizophrenic Anti-reality Convention

  

  Schizophrenia is characterized by disconnect between aspects of one’s personality; between reality and what’s in one’s brain.Today’s Republican party, the... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Political Violence: Thinking About the Unthinkable

  

  It’s December 13, 2020. Trump’s been crushingly defeated, Democrats have won the Senate — and Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died.Just three weeks of lame duck... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Dirt

  

  Jeanine Cummins’s novel American Dirt begins with a bang. Literally. A gunshot. Then a lot more.It’s a quinceañera party, in Acapulco. The massacre’s cause: a... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Political Insanity Round up

  

  While several commentators on a CNN panel lauded Biden’s superb speech Thursday night, stressing the character chasm between the candidates, the Republican Scot... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• One Country, Two Planets

  

  For half a century I would watch Republican conventions and feel reminded of what my Republicanism meant.This week’s Democratic convention reminded me of... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Belarus Crisis

  

  Belarus (once known as “White Russia;” capital Minsk) is a European former Soviet republic becoming independent with the USSR’s 1991 collapse. In 1994, Alexande... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden’s Extraordinary Nominating Speech: Less is More

  

  I’m a lifelong political junkie. Watched every national convention over 56 years. A connoisseur of the speeches. Key, of course, is the presidential nominating... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 100 Years of Women Voting

  

  Today is the 100th anniversary of the constitutional amendment giving women the vote. That came just eleven weeks before the 1920 presidential election. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• George Floyd and That $20 Bill

  

  It all started when a store clerk called police, accusing George Floyd of trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill. In all the vast Floyd coverage, no one seems... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• November Voting: the Coming Train Wreck

  

  Remember “hanging chads” and all that Florida turmoil in November 2000? (Into December, actually.) Now imagine such presidential election chaos not just in one... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Big Box of Biden Bling

  

  An unexpected big mystery box arrived. From the Biden campaign (I’m a proud donor). Just for fun I’ve made a still-life picture of the contents: caps, buttons,... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden and Harris: 46 and 47

  

  A year ago I predicted the ticket of Biden and Harris. I’m thrilled that Biden has done the right thing, as I expected.When in March he pledged to pick a... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “10 Books That Screwed Up The World” — Make That 11

  

  It sounded like my kind of read, found at a used book sale — Benjamin Wiker’s 10 Books That Screwed Up The World. I’d say make it 11, though that would give... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2020 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY