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• Notre Dame and Humanism

  

  I was surprised at my depth of emotion at the news about Notre Dame (initially it sounded like total destruction).I’m a humanist, for whom churches are monument... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pete Buttigieg — Are We Ready for a Gay President?

  

  Pete Buttigieg (pronounced Buddha-judge) is the young (37) mayor of an Indiana town (South Bend), running for president. Well, why not? Everybody else is. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Occupied” — Norway, by Russia

  

  Occupied is a Netflix series, a geopolitical thriller, produced in Norway. It’s terrific.Norway is an oil-rich country. In Occupied, Jesper Berg has become prim... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Tragic Trump Foreign Policy

  

  Foreign policy rarely figures much in U.S. elections. China, Mexico, and Russia were actually prominent in 2016 — though not in a good way. Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Clearancegate

  

  Asked whether he’d had any role in Jared Kushner’s security clearance, Trump said no. Turns out he lied. Ivanka lied about this too. Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Witch Hunt Politics II: “Tom Brokaw’s Racist Comments”

  

  Recently I wrote of “Witch Hunt Politics.” And Joe Biden pilloried for a head kiss. Now, “Latinx Humanists Call for Action after Tom Brokaw’s Racist Comments” i... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Biden, Lucy Flores, and “MeToo”

  

  It started with Harvey Weinstein. Actually, no, it started a million years ago. Disgusting behavior by men toward women. The reckoning was long overdue. Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Pro Basketball Experience

  

  This pic of me at the game didn’t come out so goodLast Sunday we went to Boston for a Celtics game. I’m no sports fan. In fact, the last pro sports event I... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Witch Hunt Politics

  

  Now the backlash. Accusing the accusers. Trump calling them “evil” and “treasonous.” Retribution time. A real witch-hunt. David Brooks says Adam Schiff, John... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bizarro America

  

  Black is white and white is blackCriminals are innocent, accusers guiltyTraitors are patriots, and patriots treasonousLies are telling it like it is, And facts... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What the Mueller Report Does Not Say

  

  Exultant Republican Trump worshippers are dancing in the streets and blowing their Trumpy-trumpets, gleefully rubbing in the faces of their Democrat... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Modest Proposal: Microchipping Children

  

  During our recent Iceland trip we learned they keep track of sheep using implanted microchips. We were familiar with this idea, since our cats have microchips i... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Threatens Political Violence

  

  My wife and I watched “The Dictator’s Playbook,” a PBS TV series, each episode profiling one of history’s worst dictators, and analyzing their methods for... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Szukalski: the Glory and Strangeness of the Human Experience

  

  We stumbled upon this fantastical Netflix documentary: Struggle — The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski.Glenn Bray stumbled upon a fantastical volume in a bookstor... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Comments Reflecting Racism and Partisan Blindness

  

  Two years ago, my blog post titled “Why so many blacks in ads?” discussed this as a cultural phenomenon. It became my most visited post ever, with over 27,000... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ilhan Omar, Israel, Anti-semitism, Politics, and BDS

  

  Newly elected Minnesota Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar caused a furor when saying some politicians support Israel because of money from the Jewish lobby. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Surrealist Art

  

  Albany’s Opalka Gallery (part of Sage College) hosts occasional “Pecha Kucha” nights. A wonderful event, with a bunch of presenters each talking about a series... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Irrationality in the U.S. Coin Market

  

  This is posted mainly for my numismatic friends. It concerns crazy high prices being paid for coins based on increments of condition perfection that are actuall... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Democrats in 2020 Can Make America Great Again

  

  Democratic presidential hopefuls are scrambling to get right with the left — the party’s left-wing activist ideologues. Free college, Medicare for all, jobs... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Making America Great Again Chapter 896

  

  Otto Warmbier, American student, visiting North Korea. Propaganda poster in his hotel, thought it would make a cool souvenir. For this, tortured to death.Kim... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2019 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY