The concept of a “national divorce” is brand new, and people equate it with civil war. I get that, but divorce can be amicable; it doesn’t have to be acrimonious. And trust me, if there were a way to get …
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Building Compassionate Systems
Here’s the opinion of Monica Maalouf, MD, an Internal Medicine Specialist in Maywood, IL. She is affiliated with medical facilities Loyola University Medical Center and Macneal Hospital. I happen to know a doctor who told me that he dreads the …
Anti-Vax Protesters
Here’s a video showing how police treat violent anti-vax protestors more gently than those whose causes may be equal rights, peace, or environmental responsibility. That’s sad, of course, but it’s worse that these pigs actually exist. How much is it …
Moderates and Extremists
My wife and I were discussing my recent post: Eisenhower on War the other day, and she asked, “Eisenhower was a Republican. Did he really say that? It seems so progressive.” I explained that the platform of the Republican Party …
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Changing Political Positions
I love this, perhaps only for how well it pertains to me personally. Since I was a teenager, I’ve been in favor of environmental responsibility, common sense gun laws, a woman’s right to choose, immigration reform, abolishing the death penalty, …
Tagged with: a one-tiered justice system, a woman's right to choose, abolishing the death penalty, and science as the basis of policy-making, common sense guns laws, environmental responsibility, holding "news" organizations accountable for spreading bald-faced lies, racial equity, radical socialist, reducing "defense" spending and favoring diplomacy over war
GOP “Self-Destructing”
This seems true to me. Another factor at work here is the success of the Biden presidency so far, with its 63% approval rating. That’s an awful lot of people in support of what’s happening in pandemic control, the infrastructure …
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Terminating Friendships
On the surface, the meme here makes sense. Who wants to terminate a friendship based on a difference of opinion? Well, it depends on what we mean by “opinion.” If we disagree with matters of taste, e.g., art, music, and …
Biden Presents Americans–And the World–a Whole New Experience
It’s such a different experience having Trump out of office. Obviously, there are people who resent Biden’s policies re: infrastructure, environmental responsibility, taxation, immigration reform, foreign policy, and perhaps even pandemic response. But I would imagine that even most of …
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Tagged with: Biden's policies, environmental responsibility, Immigration Reform, pandemic response, Trump a selfish lying criminal, Trump extorting foreign heads of state, Trump inciting riots, Trump intimidating witnesses, Trump lining his pockets with taxpayers' money, Trump running fraudulent charities, Trump tampering with elections
Predictions Are Hard To Make–Especially About the Future
Here’s a reminder that predicting the future is impossible. That huge mainframe computer was the state of the art in IT just 70 years ago. What the fellow is saying turns out to be perfectly true, but the point here …
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“We” Haven’t Lost Sight of Environmental Responsibility
Depends on what is meant by “we.” Most people are completely aware that what we’re doing to our environment is creating huge damage to us as individuals. Corporate greed, on the other hand, which is completely out of control, is …
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