The reason that I’m happy that Trump survived the assassination attempt is that America cannot and will not survive this period of darkness and shame if Trump is for whatever reason buried and, by a huge number of hateful and …
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What Republican Politicians Tell Their Flock
As shown at left, Republicans generally believe that their country either is failing, or has already failed, in many essential ways. This may have begun with the Big Lie, i.e., the groundless assertion that the 2020 presidential election was rigged …
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Republicans Offer “Liberty and Freedom”
What do we get with Trump as our president? Liberty and freedom? That’s what these people believe, as unsupportable as it may appear to you and me. I would say we get leadership by a man who tried to overthrow …
An Astute Observation on Trump and Biden
This gentleman makes a great point about the relative unimportance of Biden’s debate skills. An astonishingly large number of Americans fail to realize how close we are to the collapse of everything this country once stood for.
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Compostable Plastic Bags
From a reader: This is a planet-friendly, heavy-duty, microplastic-free, 100% compostable trash bag. Breaks down in weeks, not centuries. Sorry, but if it’s going to be in a landfill with 99.999999% of other standard plastic bags, I don’t see the …
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Biden Is Pro-Labor, But That Message Often Fails to Reach Its Audience
Since the emergence of Donald Trump onto the U.S. political scene, political pundits have been wondering how the former president has been able to capture the loyalty of so many working-class American voters, especially given that he has done essentially …
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Correcting Others’ Grammar
A reader asks: How does one gently correct someone’s poor grammar? I usually let it slide but I want to help them to sound better educated. I have a few basic rules: I feel I have an obligation to correct …
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Learning from the Japanese
The life expectancy of Japanese people exceeds that of Americans by seven full years (84 vs. 77). Seven months would have been statistically significant, but seven years? How is this even remotely possible? We don’t know, and in truth, we …
Comment on Trump’s VP Selection
Re: the photo here, a reader notes, “Personally I’d prefer JD Clampett over JD Vance.” Every day of the week. Wooooo doggies!
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Trump’s VP Choice Surprises No One
The phrase “doubling down” might be cliché, but it certainly applies to what the Republicans are doing with respect to their extreme right-wing political positions. While some political advisors have been suggesting that Trump soften his hardline stance on the …
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