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• Kakistocracy and Kolosocracy

  

  The word du jour is kakistocracy. From the Greek, the opposite of aristocracy, it means rule by the worst.Certainly applicable to Trump’s appointees like... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Global Big Picture

  

  Henry Kissinger is supposed to have said that nations have no permanent friends, only interests. However, even interests can change; the world is never... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America Being Made Great Again

  

  Two centuries ago, one U.S. party died out, and a new opposition hadn’t yet gotten going. So that strifeless interval was called “The Era of Good Feelings.”... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Cri De Coeur *

  

  My gosh how I’ve loved you!Beautiful, exalted, noble,I loved you all my life,With a flame burning pure;My gosh how I’ve loved you,Like a shining city on a... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Harris Lost

  

  A seeming political realignment, shattering the Democrats’ longtime coalition. So now the reckoning, soul-searching, backbiting, finger-pointing.If only... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “We Carry Their Bones” — A Florida Horror Story

  

  This book by anthropologist/archeologist Erin Kimmerle relates her authorized official investigations at the site of the Dozier School, a “reform school” in... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Stranger in a Strange Land

  

  “America.” How redolent a name, laden with import and meaning. Being part of America meant so very much to me, at the core of my soul. Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America: The Once and Future Country?

  

  For years I’ve repeatedly warned that America — as a democracy — its ideals and values — were not ordained forever by some god. And could not long endure if... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Final Election Wrap-up: Keep America Great

  

  I am writing this out of love for America, and for all who share it — of whatever party.Voters say their top concern is the economy. Many think it’s bad, and... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• CSICON: Island of Reason in a Sea of Madness

  

  We attended this conference in Las Vegas in late October — a gathering of about 650 humanist/atheist/skeptical science oriented rationalists.We’d been to Vegas... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• My Racial Bias

  

  There are two great errors. First, that whites are superior. While societies predominantly white may have logged greater technological and cultural achievements... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “The Only Patriotic Choice for President”

  

  Published by the New York Times Editorial Board, much condensed by me for brevity. I most sincerely implore, especially, my Republican friends to ponder this... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Trump: The Mental Issue

  

  This is a matter of highest seriousness. Voters must pay heed.Trump, if elected, would be our oldest president ever. Older than Biden. Whose continued capabilit... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The End of Governing

  

  Governments worldwide are doing less with more. So says a recent analysis in The Economist. The share of GDP consumed by the public sector has been inexorably... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What’s the Future of the Republican Party?

  

  The two-party system was long central to America’s civic structure. Developing outside (and unforeseen by) the Constitution, but becoming integral to our... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Republican Ethic of Lies

  

  Note the word is “ethic,” not “ethics.” Untruth has become the Republican party’s ethic; its principle, its culture. The alternative seen as just lame, for naiv... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• God is Testing Christians

  

  Certain Christian loudmouths love saying some natural disaster is God punishing us for “immorality” (usually homosexuality). As if they read his mind. As if the... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Finding Margaret Fuller

  

  I’ve written about Maria Popova’s book, Figuring. Among others, it discusses Margaret Fuller (1810-1850), whom I practically fell in love with. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Life, Love, Death in Maria Popova’s Book “Figuring”

  

  Found this in my book cupboard with no idea how it got there. A fat 500+ page 2019 paperback from apparently a proper British publisher, but presentationally... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• I Learned So Much I Didn’t Know From Vance in the Debate

  

  Did you know that President Trump saved Obamacare? I did not, but was glad to learn this from Vance in the VP debate. You see, Obamacare (the Affordable Care... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2024 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY