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War vs pestilence

Among the many blessings we Americans take for granted is that, with the exception of 9/11, we have not had a foreign incursion within...

Every cloud...

...it's said, has a silver lining. A lot of people would agree that 2020 has been a large black cloud because of the combination of a...

Ask no questions...

...and you will be told no lies, it is said. It follows that if Donald Trump is one of the parties to a debate, one should be prepared...

Originalism

As the Barrett nomination moves towards a seemingly inevitable confirmation by the Senate, I thought it might be a good time to address...

A word to the wise...

.. it is said, is enough. However, since wisdom is not equally distributed, it doesn't hurt to have some things repeated. So here goes:...

"It is what it is...

...because you are who you are"is my main takeaway from the first Trump/Biden debate. It refers to Trump's flippant response when he was...

What the h**l...

...do you have to lose? is a question candidate Trump asked black voters during the 2016 election campaign. As the 2020 election nears it...

Dog whistle

In politics a dog whistle is coded language designed to garner the votes of supporters without arousing the ire of those with opposing...

Pants on fire... erratum

Franklin's reply was "A republic if you can keep it", not "A republican.. ".

Pants on fire

Judging by his facial expression President Trump did not expect the question S V Date of the Huffington Post asked him at a COVID-19...

The Beast

A favorite talking point for Republicans in the past was their desire to "starve the beast", the beast being Big Government. The...

History

To paraphrase Jorge Santayana y Borras "Those who don't remember history are doomed to relive it". The implication is the bad stuff will...

Pandemic havoc

The US has more than a million Covid-19 cases and more than 150,000 deaths - the worst numbers of any country no matter how you look at...

Science vs corruption & ignorance

I have chosen this topic because of skepticism about science in the population exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the president's...

"Who you gonna believe...

...me or your lying eyes?" is a well-worn line from stand-up routines usually about a cheating spouse caught in the act. The problem for...

Xenophobia

The India Palace restaurant in Santa Fe, New Mexico, was vandalized on the night of June 21. "Destroyed" is a more appropriate word since...

No time to fiddle

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton has been flogging his newly published book on every available media outlet. Among the many...

Tiananmen 31

This month marks the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. The People's Liberation Army was used by Chinese authorities to...

I can't breathe

Before writing today's post, I would like to answer a reader's question. The question was "Who among today's politicians could be...

Responsibility

Texas Lieutenant Governor Patrick volunteering to die for the economy got me thinking about the issue of responsibility. Politicians on...

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