The Problem With Reality Is . . .
2017-02-27 – You don’t need to lie to distort the truth. When the news media dwell on crime, you feel under siege. It doesn’t matter whether crime is rampant or […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Reaching Out to the Other Side—Without Compromising on Principles
2017-02-23 – There’s a debate going on in the Democratic Party. One side says that it’s important to expand our embrace to include Trump supporters. The other side says to […]
Forget Your Brain! Are you Left Behind or Right Behind?
2017-02-20 – We’ve all done it. We’ve all taken the tests to determine if we are left-brained or right-brained. Are you creative or are you nuts-and-bolts? But if you want […]
No, You’re Not Going to Teach Me a Lesson
2017-02-16 – Did you ever want to teach someone a lesson? C’mon. Of course you have. That guy who cut you off in traffic on your way over here. So […]
Boycott, Boycan’t, Boycan
2017-02-09 – I’m seeing a lot of calls for boycotts these days. Good luck with that! It’s not that there’s a shortage of good causes. The problem is that there […]
Betting on the Super Bowl Coin Toss
2017-02-06 – I rarely watch the Super Bowl. For one thing, we don’t have a screen dedicated to watching such things (i.e., we don’t have a TV). But mainly, I’m […]
Does #GoldenShowerGate “Dossier” Discredit Trump? Or Does It Discredit Trump’s Opponents? Or Both?
2016-01-12 – Everyone is all gaga over an “intelligence dossier” released by BuzzFeed that purports to detail compromising information that the Russian government has to blackmail Donald Trump. No one […]
Facing Real Reality
2017-01-05 – A common complaint about Republicans, and Donald Trump in particular, has been that they operate at a disconnect from reality. Facts don’t mean anything. There’s no excuse for […]
Piano-Forte
2016-12-22 – I am on vacation, starting today, for the rest of the year. Actually, it is a staycation. I do this every year. I try to use the time […]
Do We Care About Truth in Weather Forecasting?
20161219 – Today the Electoral College votes to confirm the election of a man who built his presidential campaign on lies. For months his opponents have complained about his lies. […]
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