Climate Chutzpah
Drudge linked an amusing little ditty today that discusses how the effects of anthropogenic global warming aka climate change aka climate disruption aka climate catastrophe on rainfall turned out wrong. Yet another predictive failure is nothing out of the ordinary in...
Monopolizing Charity
Way, way back in 1981, a then-40 years old Bernie Sanders, barely 6 months into his first elected gig as mayor of Burlington, VT, put forth a bit of stark honesty: I don't believe in charities said Mayor Sanders, bringing a shocked silence to a packed hotel banquet...
Half the Story
A few weeks back, my internet perambulations brought me to a column about Donald Trump by Camille Paglia. Aside from her candid take on the GOP presidential candidate, what caught my eye were several letters and responses to letters regarding some comments that Paglia...
The Joys of Working
I don't normally take the time to watch instructional or political videos. They transfer information far more slowly than written material does. Overwhelmingly, I'll look for a transcript if something interests me, and move on if one isn't available. But, I like Mike...
Cultural Appropriation and Control
There was an altercation recently that involved a white college student at San Francisco State University and a black woman who confronted him about his dreadlocked hair. The woman, who is reportedly a campus employee, told the student, Cory Goldstein, that he...
Obama and the Free Riders
In a recent in-depth and wide-ranging interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, President Obama made a statement that is catching flak from America's European allies: Mr Obama also made clear that he forced Mr Cameron to sign up to Nato's benchmark of spending...
Is A Seismic Realignment In The Works?
A story that popped up in my news feed this morning provides a good take on the underpinnings of the current Republican fracture and ably assesses the possibility of a fundamental breakdown of the Republican party into distinct subgroups. In particular, it notes that...
A Mind Is A Terrible Thing
Most of us know people who resent others' successes when they feel they're smarter or more capable, and writer Nick Sorrentino shares a tale about a relative who recently exhibited such behavior. The attitude exhibited by his relative, who not only averred that the...
They Dont See The Irony
The press continue to wring their collectiv(ist) hands over the popularity and ascendance of Donald Trump. Some question how they could have been so wrong in their prognostications that he'd have faded by now. Others either wonder at or openly deride the purported...
Oppressors and Scapegoats
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake (R) has been a long-time advocate for lifting the travel ban and embargo on Cuba, and in a recent interview makes the case that the last half century of US policy towards that little pocket of communism in the Caribbean has stood in the way...
Victims of Our Own Success
Watch the news on any given night, or pay attention to the political realm for any stretch of time, and you're likely to conclude that Western civilization is descending into barbarity. The rancor that people show, the ire they feel, the outrage they claim, the...
In Defense of the Reboot
The maturation of CGI graphics technology over the past couple decades has allowed Hollywood to bringing the world of comics to life, both in the movies and on television. Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Wolverine and the X-Men, Iron Man and a number of other comic book...
The Shame Game
Imagine a classic schoolyard scene of yore: the big bully "calling out" the scrawny kid for some infraction, real, imagined or fabricated. The bully knows he's perfectly capable of beating up the scrawny kid, knows that he'll validate his standing in his social circle...
If Money Corrupts
In his farewell speech, President Eisenhower famously warned of the undue influence of the military-industrial complex on government and politics. Perhaps less famously, in his very next thought, he also cautioned about the growing domination of government funding in...
The Rise of American Fascism
The most common descriptor in American politics is the Left-Right axis. Democrats and liberals are considered to be on and embody the Left, and Republicans and conservatives are considered to be on and embody the Right. The axis is woefully inadequate for the task...
The Earth Doesn’t Care
I'm currently reading a series of books, collectively known as the Iron Druid Chronicles They are tales of, you guessed it, a "druid," in this case a worshiper of the Earth aka Gaia, set in present-day. This puts the books into the category of Urban Fantasy, an...
War Pig/Trump’s Wall
Fans of the rock/heavy metal band Black Sabbath will likely recognize the title's reference, a play on the full title of the band's magnificent anti-war opus. The song, commonly known as War Pigs, has as a full title War Pigs/Luke's Wall and the latter half of the...
Trading Places – A Liberal Bestiary
Life lessons can sometimes appear in the oddest places. Today, it occurred to me that the movie Trading Places, the 1983 comedy starring Dan Aykroyd as a blue-blood snob and Eddie Murphy as a street hustler (and one I've watched many times), provides superb and in...
Arrogant Ignorance, v2
Despite my best intentions, I ended up watching a large chunk of the Oscars telecast this past Sunday. My "best intentions" were to catch Chris Rock's opening monologue and move on to something else, but I was wrapped up in a movie and didn't tune in the Oscars until...
I Can’t Do It
Donald Trump, Jr. appeared yesterday on the Opie radio show on SiriusXM, and presented both himself and his father in reasonable tones and with reasonable statements. As I listened to the interview/discussion, I found myself wondering if I shouldn't soften my horror...
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