As suggested at left, the truth used to be a big deal to our society. The motto of Harvard University, arguably our nation’s most prestigious institute of learning, is veritas, signifying that truth is something worth a considerable investment on …
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Trumpism
The author of the meme at left provides us with a reminder of precisely how insane life in the United States has become since the arrival of Donald Trump on the political scene just under a decade ago.
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A Certain Stupidity Is “in Fashion”
Early 20th Century Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset made this remark about “a stupidity that is in fashion,” implying that different elements of stupidity are fads, like bell-bottom jeans or (we hope) rap music. And that does make sense, …
The Trump Legacy
At this point it appears that General McCaffrey’s concern as expressed here, that Trump could make this “once-great country as twisted, hateful, and small as he is,” will not be realized. Few Americans believe that we’re on the right track, …
Biden’s Approval Rating….
… remains flat, hovering under 43%, almost 10% under his disapproval rating. What does this reveal, given the job numbers at left? Well, at a minimum, it shows that, whatever people may say about the importance of job growth, it …
Big Lie Loses its Grip
Re: the words at left, a reader notes: New Year’s Resolution: “I can not tell a lie… Neither can you!” It will be interesting to see how this plays out, as the Big Lie continues to lose its grip on …
What Trumpism Has or Has Not Taught Our Kids
Interesting stuff here. Yes, thinking optimistically, it’s possible that there are young people who were raised to think that Republicans were the party of solid “family” values, only to learn to their disgust that these principles are actually lies, hate, …
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Explaining Trumpism to Future Generations
There is only one explanation: The United States had become a land of “haves and have-nots,” the latter group consisting largely of white working-class individuals, angry at their failure to succeed financially, woefully undereducated, and as full of hate as …
Bertrand Russell on Tolerance
“Love is wise – Hatred is foolish. In this world, which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other. We have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say …
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Expanding Silicon Valley Into Trumpsville
This sounds good on paper, but keep in mind three things: 1) There is a reason that manufacturing jobs have moved out of the U.S., and that’s money. Things like electronics and solar panels are not made here because they …
