Hillary’s Emails—Biden-Style
2020-04-29 – Remember “Hillary’s emails!” That was the non-stop non-scandal that put Trump over the top in the 2016 election. Remember that it was “corroborated” by no one less than […]
Tag Archives: Politics
#Pocalypso | Dying from the Virus Is Not a Gotcha
2020-04-22 – I’ve been seeing posts on Facebook gloating about the COVID deaths of people who were COVID deniers. Dying from the virus is not a gotcha. These people were […]
#Pocalypso | The Economy vs. “A Few Lives” is a False Choice
2020-04-20 – Is it immoral to balance risk to life against the economy of the nation? No. This is done all the time. The problem with the current efforts to […]
#Pocalypso | The Passover Seder and the Child Who Doesn’t Know to Ask
2020-04-08 – Tonight is the first night of Passover. Although I have become a fairly secular Jew over the years, I still host a seder. Over the years, I’ve compiled […]
The Real US Head of State Is Mitch McConnell
2020-02-10 – A lot has been said about the excessive power wielded by the senior Senator from Kentucky. I see that concern and would like to raise it to the […]
Entitlement: A Privilege or a Right?
2020-01-23 – Republicans like to call Social Security and Medicare “entitlements.” They do this because they hope you will associate social insurance with snotty “entitled” rich kids—beneficiaries that need to […]
Who Side Was She On?
2020-01-20 – One year from today, the darkness lifts . . . or it gets worse. I’m voting for lifts. But today I’m thinking about how this sort of thing […]
Spanish Hamburgers Are Female!
2020-01-16 – If you think we have problems with gender in English, try Spanish. In English, we are struggling to decide on a gender-neutral pronoun (and seemingly settling on “they”). […]
Did Trump Violate the International Protection of Rich Guys in War Law?
2020-01-09 – Was Trump’s assassination of Irani Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani a violation of the International Protection of Rich Guys in War Law? The IPRGW is an unwritten law that […]
My Year in Review
2019-12-30 – Everyone does it at this time of year. When else would you do it? At year’s end. So here’s my review of 2019. I started the year in […]
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