Donald, Independence Day, a baseball game, and fireworks proved to be a recipe for cognitive dissonance.
Independence Day, a baseball game, and fireworks in the age of Donald Trump
For the want of critical thinking, America has succumbed to tribalism
Antarctica is cold. I learned that in grade school. The record is 128.6 degrees Fahrenheit below zero set in 1983. Did you know the southernmost continent is also a desert? I know […]
Happy 4th of July: what does “freedom” mean to you?
America is a great idea, but it’s hard to love these days. At some point tonight millions and millions of us will find ourselves sitting in a stadium or a park or […]
Let’s America
Here, kitty kitty kitty…. (Brisbane, California, July 4th, 2017. See my other work here and here.)
How many dead people is too many?
If we were talking about a policy that would kill thousands more Christians each year, it would be persecution Apparently it is now uncivil and alarmist to point at the gorilla in […]
Insults to our intelligence and the modern presidency
TIL (barring any consideration of the validity of IQ testing): The average IQ is between 90 and 110. The way IQ was classified in education in 1997, the range from 80-89 was […]
I’m So Tired: of a lot of stuff…
“…and curse Sir Walter Raleigh/He was such a stupid git….” – John Lennon “…and the time will come when you see we’re all one/And life flows on within you and without you….” […]
Healthcare legislation and you
Regarding the health care legislation in both House and Senate, I’ve had little to say. There’s really not much point. Those who hate Obamacare do so for a combination of good and […]
The Republicans’ ‘trolley problem’
by djerrid The “trolley problem” is a classic philosophical moral dilemma. The thought experiment is as such: A runaway trolley is speeding down the rails where it will hit a group of […]
Where is my tribe?
In the last two days I’ve been tone policed for being unkind, uncool, and tribal. Mind you, the single person doing the tone policing had nothing to say about what I signified. […]
