The prevalent view of Donald Trump from people in the most of the rest of the developed world could be summed up as follows: “We just feel sorry for you Americans. We never thought it could happen to you.” As …
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Justice for the Proud Boys
The leader of the Proud Boys is going to serve a minimum of 85% of his 22-year sentence, or 18.7 years, behind bars for his role as the most culpable of Trump’s foot-soldiers in the former president’s efforts to overthrow …
Couples Who Remain Childfree
Psychology Today reports: About one in four people choose to remain child-free, and surveys show they’re just as satisfied with their lives as parents are. The major difference: How they are judged by others. I believe that “how they are …
Kentucky Is Fine Just the Way It Is
Outside of the wealthy owners of our nation’s great thoroughbred farms, the people of Kentucky tend to be poor, sick, and under-educated, but they don’t aspire to anything different. They continue to elect representatives who do absolutely nothing to improve …
Understanding Trump
From this morning’s Los Angles Times: Time and again, President Trump has made clear that he doesn’t like Sen. John McCain, the late Republican war hero.
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Why Can’t Trump Do Something Nice?
It would be so easy for Trump to do something nice, wouldn’t it?
To Russia with Love
This week in Helsinki, it became clear for the very first time what’s happening in the Russian-American relationship: The U.S. is under attack from an extremely intelligent and focused enemy. First, let’s review:
Certainty Has an Intellectual Appeal, but It’s Really Unnecessary
About 45 years ago, I wrote a philosophy paper in which I disputed the importance of Descartes’ famous “cogito ergo sum” (I think therefore I am). This may be the only real certainty with which we live; I think that I’m …
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Trump Degrades the U.S. with Such Astonishing Regularity that It’s Not Really News
Readers who expect a rant on Trump’s referring to developing nations inhabited by people of color as “shithole countries,” while welcoming immigrants from pure-white Norway will be disappointed. Trump’s embarrassing and degrading the U.S. on the world stage (and Fox News’ …
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All Air Travelers Need to Thank Trump
Is there some reason for alarm here, i.e., that the POTUS is taking credit for airline safety? Aren’t you aware that Trump’s grandfather invented the airplane? Let’s give credit where credit is due. Seriously,
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