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• “Without God Everything is Permitted”

  

  My wife and I have been reading, aloud to each other, The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky’s 1880 novel. A key motif is whether “without God everything is... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pecha Kucha Night – My Love Affair with Numismatics

  

  The Opalka Gallery at the local Sage College has a great event called “Pecha Kucha Night;” they’re held all the world. A bunch of presenters each shows and talk... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fake News and Government Propagandists

  

  Researching my 1973 book on Albany politics, I pored over early 20th century local newspapers. I was astonished how partisan they were, openly touting... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s War on Refugees

  

  Way back in 2015 (a different epoch), when I wrote here comparing America unfavorably with Germany regarding refugees, my daughter (working in the Middle East... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Words You Can’t Say on TV — Or Can You?

  

  The late great comedian George Carlin’s most famous routine was “The seven words you can’t say on TV.” That was in 1972.My wife and I are longtime devotees of... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Children’s Crusade

  

  The recent student marches about guns spotlight how America’s civic culture has gone off the rails. It’s not the marches — it’s the reaction to them. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Stephen Hawking

  

  had a horrible illness, given only a few years to live.He lived them, and then fifty more. He had ALS (motor neuron disease) which destroys muscle control. Ther... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It’s Your Economy, Stupid

  

  Presidents are usually judged mainly on the economy, which most voters care most about. (“It’s the Economy, stupid.”) Yet in truth a president’s economic... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Humanist Collage

  

  My local humanist group recently had an arts-and-crafts afternoon. It was actually fun, a chance to be kids again. There was a pile of magazines, so I decided... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America Trumped (my “Trolley” Article)

  

  The wonderful New York State Writers Institute (founded by William Kennedy; headed by Paul Grondahl) has published a very interesting online magazine, The... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Ascends to Meta-lying: Making Stuff up About Making Stuff up

  

  Trump now feels he’s hit his stride as president. Now he’s really strutting his stuff, feeling his oats, his instincts comfortably in the driver’s seat. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Andrew Cuomo and Corruption

  

  CuomoWhen first running for governor, Andrew Cuomo actually made tackling Albany corruption a campaign theme — pointedly declaring his candidacy in front of... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Great Deal-Maker Tackles North Korea

  

  The Great Deal-Maker, Making America Great Again. First day in office, he hands China — for nothing in return — a gigantic geopolitical boost. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democratic Presidential Prospects

  

  I enrolled Democrat to have a presidential primary vote — for a candidate who can beat Trump, and make America great again. Maybe after four years we can still... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• White Rage

  

  Alice GreenCarol Anderson’s book White Rage was discussed recently at the Albany Library by Alice Green, Director of the Center for Law and Justice and a... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pillow Talk

  

  While lingering in bed together, my wife asked, “Are you almost ready to get up?”“Define almost,” I said. “Does it have a time element?”“Time is an illusion,”... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Tariffs: Economic Nationalism Or Economic Madness?

  

  Trump is slapping stiff tariffs (i.e., taxes) on steel and aluminum imports. He says it’s to protect our “vital” steel and aluminum industries from foreign... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Book That Changed America: Darwin, Slavery, and God

  

  DarwinThe Book That Changed America is the title of one by Randall Fuller. It’s about Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, looking at its impact particularly in... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump Says Arm Teachers — “problem Solved!”

  

  Fact: the more guns are around, the more guns get in the wrong hands, the more people get shot by them, and the more also get shot accidentally.Many Americans... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Does the Second Amendment Cover Fake Guns?

  

  Dodie Horton is a huge Trump fan who felt his election restored America. She’s a pistol-packing gun rights enthusiast, and Louisiana state legislator. Horton wa... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2018 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY