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• Handicapping 2020

  

  Ninety-three candidates seek the Democratic presidential nomination. A slight exaggeration. But it’s a lot of them.Many don’t really expect to win. But as the N... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Consciousness, Self, and Free Will

  

  What does it really mean to be conscious? To experience things? To have a self? And does that self really make choices and decisions?I have wrestled with these... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Trumped

  

  While posturing as proud to announce a deal, that was typical Trump bullshit. In fact he totally capitulated. Got nothing. Not a thing more than was offered 35... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Shutdown, Hostages, and Humanitarian Crises

  

  Let’s see if I have this straight. The government is partly shut down because Congress can’t pass a bill authorizing the employees’ salaries. But they could... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Steve King, Trump, and the Republican White Nationalist Party

  

  The sky has fallen on Iowa Republican Congressman Steve “Cantaloupes” King for the latest in his long train of racist rantings. “White nationalist, white... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sholem Aleichem and My Jewish Roots and American Identity

  

  We watched a PBS documentary about Yiddish writer Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916) — making me ponder what I feel as my personal identity. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Facebook: the Monster Destroying Civilization

  

  First it was Facebook as an addictive time sink; substituting for life in the actual world; even ruining marriages. But all that was in a more innocent time. No... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Trump Diaries

  

  There’s two kinds of people. Strong and weak. Winners and Losers. I’m so strong and such a winner, biggest in the world, it’s so great. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Transgender Wars

  

  Sex is a huge, and very anxiety-ridden, part of the human psyche. That (not the Bible) is why some are freaked out by gays. Well, they lost that war; but... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Consciousness, Self & Free Will — My Talk 1/13

  

  I will give a talk at the Capital District Humanist Society, Sunday, Jan. 13, 12:45 PM, Room 224 of Sage College Campus Center, Academy Rd New Scotland Ave.,... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Walls and Ladders

  

  Something there is that loves a wall.A wall for keeping people out;People who are not like us.Of course they’re not like us;They wouldn’t build a wall. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Witch Hunt Watch

  

  1. Trump’s charitable foundation has been described as “a personal piggy bank for his businesses, legal bills and presidential campaign.” (Albany Times-Union,... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democrats and Anti-democrats

  

  Democracy is great . . . until you elect people who don’t believe in it. Like in Venezuela, where a criminal gang got power, and now can’t be voted out while... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mad Dog

  

  While the government is partly shut down, held hostage to his futile wall demand, the Russian stooge in the White House is pulling our troops out of Syria. He... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• No, Virginia, There is No Santa Claus

  

  We gave our daughter the middle name Verity, which actually means truth, and tried to raise her accordingly.About the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, she wise... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The REALLY Big Picture

  

  We start from the fact that the Universe was created by God in 4004 BC.Oops, not exactly. It was actually more like 13,800,000,000 BC (give or take a year or... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• An Immodest Proposal for Reducing Inequality

  

  Inequality — the cri de coeur of the left. The rich get richer while the poor get . . . actually richer too, in fact, though not as fast. We should stop... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fear and Loathing in France and Britain

  

  France is having a meltdown; a toddler’s screaming tantrum, pounding its fists and kicking its legs. Convulsed with truly scary violence around protests... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Coming to America

  

  Olga Porterfield, a friend of mine, gave a talk to the Capital District Humanist Society, about Jewish refugees exiting the Soviet Union. She was one of them, a... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “The Discovery” — Scientific Proof of Heaven

  

  Our daughter recommended seeing this Netflix film, “The Discovery.” It starts with scientist Thomas Harbor (Robert Redford) giving a rare interview about his... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY