Question: Anti-vaxxers say that the COVID-19 is dangerous and, in particular, that it causes more fatalities than it prevents. They base this (false) claim on the (groundless) idea that the vaccine has been tested on too few individuals. In fact, …
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Louisiana and the Ten Commandments
A reader notes: LOUISIANA REQUIRES ‘TEN COMMANDMENTS’ BE DISPLAYED IN CLASSROOMS! (Leftists break several to fight them.) This reader, whose name I’ll keep to myself, is normally more on point. In particular, I’m wondering what “leftists” actually did in breaking …
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Biden’s Work to Protect the American People
Obviously, our government has a long way to go in dealing with price-gouging and monopolies, but Biden really is on a roll (despite a Congress that is essentially owned by Big Money). Moreover, as the author of the meme here …
Trump Supporters in the Saddle
I wouldn’t say that I’m offended, per se. In fact, I’m more amused. In either case, rodeos don’t do it for me.
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Billionaires Making Huge Donations to Trump
As anyone could have predicted, the nation’s wealthiest individuals are opening up their checkbooks in an effort to get Donald Trump back in the White House, doing exactly what he promised: lowering their taxes. The irony here, of course, is …
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Biden’s Effectiveness in Working for the American People
When mainstream media covers Biden, its purpose is often to show that he’s a senile old man. But wouldn’t a bit of fairness and honesty be nice? As Robert Reich presents here, Biden is putting pressure on Corporate America to do …
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Educational Standards in U.S. Southern States Are Terrible, Possibly Because Their Priorities Lie Elsewhere
Those living outside the U.S. may not know that the states in the southern region of the country have always placed at the very bottom in terms of test scores in English, math, and science. This has been part of …
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Repeating Some of the Most Horrific Elements of U.S. History
As loathsome as these people are, they aren’t interested in reinstating slavery. Yet what the MAGA crowd would like to see is a return to the mid-20th Century in terms of race relations. A friend from prep school told me, …
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Standing Up Against Injustice
Here’s a short but powerful video that has a great deal to teach us all.
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False Knowledge
If you’re looking for an explanation of Trumpism/MAGA, you need search no further than what George Bernard Shaw told us here. This, of course, is the double-edged sword of social media. It connects us to one another, and to true …
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