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The Rational Optimist
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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 -
George H. W. Bush
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” That was a novel’s famous first line. George H.W. Bush was president in just such a foreign... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Movie Review: The Grinch, a Humanist Film
For our anniversary we decided on dinner and a movie. After carefully studying reviews of all current offerings, my wife chose The Grinch. (She’s a big... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans, and the Hole in America’s Moral Soul
“Republicans must stand up to Trump,” declared the heading on a recent Michael Gerson column.“How fatuous,” I thought.GersonGerson is a former Bush 43... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Do People Still Need Religion?
My daughter asked my opinion about an essay in the New York Times, by philosophy professor Stephen Asma, titled, “What Religion Gives Us (That Science Can’t).”... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Trump, China, and the Axis of Evil
For a long time we imagined China’s rise would be its growing up — into a mature member of responsible world society. But now that society itself is looking eve... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
“really Scary !!!”
That was the all-caps heading on a blast email, to me and some others, from a Texan acquaintance. He’s pro-Trump and always saying Democrats are commie... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
“Educated” by Tara Westover — Wow!
There’s a huge genre of “Parents from Hell” memoirs. Tara Westover’s is intensely gripping.She was born in 1986 into an extremist Mormon family, standing in... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY
