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• The Angry Party National Convention

  

  This is my 14th GOP convention. Past ones often reminded me why I’m a Republican. Last night made me wonder if I still am.The repression toward the “Never Trump... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Turkey’s Phony “coup” Plot

  

  Turks are out in the streets, celebrating the supposed triumph of democracy over a supposed military coup attempt. President Obama has naively congratulated... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Evaluating Obama’s Presidency

  

  President Obama’s approval ratings have risen as his tenure nears an end. That’s a typical pattern. And there may be anticipatory Obama-nostalgia, given his... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How to Invest in Stocks

  

  I’ve been investing in stocks for several decades. Here’s what I’ve learned.In 2000, during the dot-com bubble, I owned AOL stock, going up and up and up. I... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump’s Trade Trash Talk

  

  If America is murdered, it will be in the Rustbelt Room, with the trade club. Pounding away with that club is Trump’s only chance of winning.He exulted in... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Will Hillary Play the Double Women’s Card?

  

  The leftosphere is all aflutter imagining its darling, Elizabeth Warren, may be Hillary’s VP. After all, they say, nobody ever objected to two men on a ticket.A... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Shakers: Happiness in an Ant Colony?

  

  Round barn at Hancock Shaker VillageMy humanist group recently toured Hancock Shaker Village, in Massachusetts. The Shakers were a religious sect that set up... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Trump Got Rich*

  

  What some never seem to grasp about capitalism, market economics, free enterprise, is that profits come, mostly, not by exploitation or at people’s expense but... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Brits: Don’t Brexit!

  

  Britain votes June 23 on leaving the European Union (“Brexit”). Don’t do it!This is a big deal. Prime Minister David Cameron called the vote to placate... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Only the Good

  

  Jo CoxOnly the likes of Jo Cox, British member of parliament, human rights worker, advocate for immigrants and refugees.Never the likes of a Robert Mugabe.Only... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Keep America Great: Gary Johnson for President

  

  It tickled me to get this 1964 button to wear, since in ’64 I backed Johnson’s opponentRecently an undecided voter, now I’m decided: for Gary Johnson, former Ne... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Renaming America

  

  “America” is the most important name on Earth. It belongs to not just one continent but two, as well as the nation that is the world’s most important... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Nanny State Meets Political Correctness: Pregnant Women in Bars

  

  As a nanny state critic and libertarian, I believe government shouldn’t tell us what we can or can’t do, without a very good reason (mainly, harm to others). Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Gottagetgon

  

  We went to the annual Gottagetgon (“Got to get gone”) folk music festival during Memorial Day weekend. The first time was 1988. I drove up and was told, “That’l... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is Trump a Nascent Hitler?

  

  Just recently I opined that Trump probably can’t win. Already I’m less sure. Republicans are drinking the Kool-Aid en masse, trying to sanitize him, or at... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Big Buttocks

  

  Striving to maintain for this blog an elevated standard of excellence and seriousness, I don’t normally comment about buttocks.(OK, I did write about overhearin... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Agony of an Undecided Voter

  

  A person of strong views, in half a century of voting I have never before been “undecided.” But this time it’s an agonizing choice.Not voting is unthinkable.... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Bathroom Battle: What Am I Missing?

  

  Transgender femaleScenario 1: A transgender woman – who looks female – enters a women’s room. Nobody notices.Scenario 2: A transgender male – who looks male –... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Drink the Kool-Aid

  

  “Resistance is futile,” said Star-Trek’s Borg.And so most Republicans are giving up – drinking the Kool-Aid.* Convincing themselves it’s not so bad. Maybe even ... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Something Horrible is Happening: Reading the Obituary Page

  

  Something horrible is happening. Dozens of local people die every day. It’s a holocaust.I read the obituary page, and feel bad for everyone there. What’s... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY