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• Democrats Versus Trumplicans

  

  I’ve been writing a lot about politics because we’re in a seminal crisis.There’s been much discussion on how to respond. The post-inaugural women’s marches and... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Valentine’s Day Poem

  

  My wife being a poet, I’ve been writing poems for her for occasions like Valentine’s Day, birthdays, etc. (I published a little book of them. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Time Lords and the Leap Second

  

  My previous partner used to call me “The Time Lord” (taken from Dr. Who). Because I was a stickler for punctuality. When I was an administrative law judge, and ... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What “Charles” Did Yesterday

  

  At yesterday’s joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, President Trump welcomed him to “the very famous white house.” When I mentioned... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Shitstorm Continues

  

  In Shirley Jackson’s story “Charles,” a child returns from kindergarten each day with a new tale of outrageous misbehavior by “Charles,” the class bad boy. So... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Movie Review: “Arrival”

  

  The film starts with a reverie about memory: how it doesn’t work the way we think.* The protagonist, Louise (Amy Adams), is given what appears to be a standard... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Wet Dreams of The Gambia

  

  As America’s president trashes a world order that has sustained peace and rising global prosperity, it is reassuring to know that progress is still... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Protesting Trump’s Assault on American Values

  

  This morning I heard on the news that there’d be a protest vigil, at the Albany Airport, against Trump’s Muslim travel ban. I told my wife; we quickly found... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s Shame

  

  President Trump’s Muslim travel restrictions are a sickening betrayal of what America stands for. Or used to stand for.Give me your tired, your poor, Your... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Voter Fraud Fraud

  

  So now a federal investigation of voter fraud. Which every credible, reliable source has found nonexistent. Trump is not a sore loser but a sore winner — he jus... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Versus Press

  

  Let me start by saying my own experience with the press has not been great. I was an administrative law judge, presiding over a politically explosive case... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Inaugural Address: Us Against Them

  

  The President had much to say to “forgotten Americans,” who feel full of resentments. Fair enough. But what about the rest of us?Trump talked of a Washington... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Credo

  

  As our political transition unfolds, I find myself caught between the Scylla of a Democratic party increasingly romanticizing socialist economics hostile to... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pussy Grabber’s John Lewis Tweet

  

  “All talk, no action.”That was Pussy Grabber’s typical tweet, about John Lewis. Then he adds a word like, “Sad.” He thinks he’s being clever, when in fact it’s... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Russian Virus

  

  During the Cold War it was perfectly clear the Russians were the bad guys. Only twisted-brain lefties like Noam Chomsky thought we were. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jobs of the Future and Idiocracy

  

  The Economist magazine recently tried to identify where America’s job growth will come from. Of course, pessimists are always seeing the opposite, afraid that... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chaos, Fractals, and the Dripping Faucet

  

  Physicist Arthur Eddington said, “the Universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it’s stranger than we can imagine.”Right off the bat are two... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2017 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Tide of History

  

  “There is a tide in the affairs of men . . . “ – William Shakespeare (Julius Caesar)The Enlightenment began in the early 1700s, aiming to free us from shackles... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Fear and Loathing in Chemistry Sets

  

  Remember chemistry sets? Millennials won’t. They pretty much vanished about 25 years ago. These were kits sold for kids, with arrays of different chemicals in... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lies and Voters

  

  ErdoganAfter Turkey’s attempted coup last summer, Turks marched en masse to support their democracy – and their President Erdogan – who is a bigger threat to... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY