I Don’t Believe (Most) Flat-Earthers Believe the Earth Is Flat
2018-05-31 – I don’t believe (most) flat-earthers believe the Earth is flat. (I qualify this with the word “most” because I’m sure you can find someone who is a true […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Having Strong Opinions When You Don’t Have Much Stake in the Outcome
2018-05-21 – People in this country have a lot of opinions. In the world of politics, most of us don’t have much of a personal stake in a lot of […]
How Do You Reason with the Anti-Religious
2018-05-10 – I have a number of friends (real and Facebook) who are anti-religion. I mean ANTI-RELIGION. They see religions as the main provocateurs of racial and ethnic strife, not […]
Listening to the Other Side
2018-04-26 – We live in a world of contradictions. We are more interconnected than ever in history, but the freedom of the internet has allowed us to sort ourselves in […]
My History of Bikes
2018-04-23 – I’ve really ramped up my bike riding in the last couple of years, but I’ve always loved riding, since I was a little kid. I’ve had a number […]
Ramblings on Saturday’s March
2018-03-26 – In early May of 1970 I went on my first protest march. I was 18 years old. The march was to protest the American bombing of Cambodia during […]
Let’s Not Lock All the Exits for Trumps’ Supporters
2018-03-20 – I’ve been having a running debate with fellow progressives about where we direct our outrage about the Trump administration. I’ve advocated going easy on the Trump voters while […]
Hamilton, or Why Politicians Can’t Be Trusted with Guns
2018-03-15 – Tweets are not the only way to over-communicate with great political (and self-destructive) effect. Once it took 140,000 characters to move a nation—or spill the beans on a […]
A Few Good Guys with Guns Are Helpless Against a Military Power
2018-03-01 – Let’s play Jeopardy. Here’s the Final Jeopardy answer: Zero Do do do do do do do. Do do do do DO do do do do do. Do do […]
Emehrgency! Everybody to Get from Street!
2018-02-22 – “Emehrgency! Everybody to get from street!” That’s what the accidental Russian invaders said in the 1966 movie “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.” In that movie […]
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