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• I Renounce My Republicanism

  

  I have been a Republican for 53 years. I have served as an elected party official; have run campaigns and run for office as a Republican; was appointed by... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump – Comey – Russia

  

  “Russia” was the first thing I thought of when hearing that Trump had fired FBI Director Comey. (On the PBS Newshour, devoting its first half to the story,... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why So Many Blacks in Ads?

  

  One morning at breakfast I said to my wife, “Does T.J. Maxx especially cater to blacks?”“Not that I know of. Why?”“Well, they have a big ad in the paper... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Decline of Western Civilization and Its Values

  

  David Brooks is my favorite commentator writing today. I don’t always agree with him — too much religion — but in most ways his head’s screwed on right and his... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Michael Flynn — Lock Him up

  

  Are we trapped in a very bad movie — or grotesque reality show?Michael Flynn — whom President Pussygrabber said was treated very unfairly — after he himself... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Telling Tough Truths: J. D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy”

  

  J. D. Vance is a young Yale law graduate, who rose from what he calls Kentucky hillbilly culture. Hillbilly Elegy is memoir-cum-sociology, aptly titled; an eleg... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The March for Science

  

  Quiz #1 — Who made this statement about Saturday’s march for science: “Rigorous science depends not on ideology but on a spirit of honest inquiry and robust... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Coin Collecting

  

  Sartre called coin collecting a hobby for dull old men. Well, I started collecting as a dull young man 60 years ago. I’ve been selling coins too, for more than... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Turkey’s Tragedy. France Next?

  

  Yet another bad day for optimists and believers in progress. It really feels like the lights are going out.Turkey matters, a lot. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Big Picture – a Sound Viewpoint on Life and the World

  

  Physicist Sean Carroll has written The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. It sets out a philosophy or worldview which he... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Syria Strike

  

  Having been a relentless critic of Trump, I will give the Devil his due. I approve of the Syrian airstrike. I’m glad it was done.President Obama’s passivity on... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Foreign Policy: a Feckless Fog of Foolishness

  

  You know the slogans: America first. Make America great again. No more playing patsy for other countries.The reality: the opposite.But this, like all... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen

  

  What is more precious than freedom and independence?The answer: nothing.But this has a sardonic double meaning; and that’s key to The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Gorsuch Hearings: American Exceptionalism

  

  Amid all the dispiriting news from Washington lately, I listened to much of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch ‘s appearance before the Senate Judiciary... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Health Care Debacle

  

  Have you finally had it yet — with the incompetence and dysfunction; the war on truth; the conflicts of interest; the irresponsibility; the ties to Russia’s... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show

  

  My wife Therese had the idea of going to the gem, mineral, and fossil show held at the State Museum. To humor her, I agreed, though this isn’t really my thing.... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Health Care Travesty

  

  For seven years, Republicans pursued Obamacare with the obsessiveness of Captain Ahab pursuing the white whale. Now they resemble a dog chasing a car, and... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Post-Truth Politics, Post-democratic Politics

  

  (This was published as a commentary in the March 12 Albany Times-Union)“Post-truth” has been named word of the year. The subject looms large for America’s... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Paterson: the Poem Film

  

  We recently saw two films in a row featuring Abbott and Costello.Those were the names given the aliens in Arrival. And in Paterson we even get a little of “Who’... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The French Election Sex Drama

  

  HollandeI have written snarkily about French politics. (Not that today’s U.S. politics is to brag about.) I considered Socialist President Hollande ridiculous... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY