Chris Murphy, senator from Connecticut, is a progressive with a great future ahead of him, if we can prevent this country from slipping into autocracy. What on Earth was Fox News thinking when they decided to let Murphy come on …
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Christianity and Trump
This is a discussion we come across frequently. What type of person both follows the teachings of Christ and supports Donald Trump, a man completely devoid of mercy and compassion for others? The answer, of course, is that for some, …
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Investing in Synthetic Fuels
Should you be investing in the tech that converts excess CO2 in the air into sustainable transportation fuels? Well, that suggests that there is such a technology and that this company owns it. Neither is the case. If there is …
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Music in Our Schools
For the vast majority of Americans who can’t read music, the left- and right-most signs in the meme here are what are called “repeats,” I.e., read it once, then repeat it, so forth, in perpetuity. There are many excellent reasons …
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Our Relationship with our Animal Cousins
As a scientist who spent her life studying animals, Jane Goodall and her comment here should hit home for many of us. Why we slaughter some animals and not others is a matter of freakish chance.
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“Correctile” Dysfunction
I have to confess that I have a terrible case of this “disease.” It’s incurable, but there are two keys to managing it: Silence, i.e., minding one’s own business and keeping these thoughts to oneself. Patience, i.e., recognizing that lousy …
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Consumer Protection
From a reader: Back in the day, there used to be the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and FCC (Federal Communications Commission) who policed such things as false advertising. When was the last time you even heard about those groups, much …
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McDonald’s
These are disgusting human beings selling terrible, low-nutrition food. My advice: Stay away.
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The MAGA Empire Strikes Back
It would be interesting to know what’s behind the sticker like the one on this guy’s truck. Obviously, America suffers its share of anti-woke, pro-Trump sentiment, which could be self-organizing. Yet, needless to say, Big Oil may lie at the …
Organized Labor for Harris
One would have thought that what the president of the United Auto Workers said here was so obvious that it was hardly worth mentioning. Yet a surprising number of the working class under Trump had turned to the Republicans, presumedly …
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