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• 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

• Bitcoin: a Solution in Search of a Problem

  

  Since coins are my business, perhaps I should discuss Bitcoin.It’s a “cryptocurrency” or digital currency. Or supposed to be. Existing only in cyberspace but... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Impeach Or Not Impeach: That is the Question

  

  No president — probably no public official — has ever merited impeachment more than Trump. That’s even before Mueller’s report.If our civic system were working... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What the Election Means

  

  JonesCNN commentator Van Jones said you’d think America’s “antibodies would kick in,” against the disgusting onslaught of lies, hate, bigotry, divisiveness and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What American Nationalism Should Be

  

  Trump now, defiantly, calls himself a “nationalist.” For lefties it’s a dirty word. Some dream of “one world” uniting all humanity. John Lennon sang “imagine... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Caravan and the Craven

  

  Democrats make health care the main issue of this election. For Trump it’s the “caravan.” Labeling it an “invasion” of criminals, “bad people,” Islamic... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY