Monday, November 2, 2026

Two other pandemics: The lemming and apathy viruses

Viruses like this Corona Virus can kill. Yet, in the world of politics there have been, for a long time now, those two other ones: The Lemming Virus and the Apathy virus. They only kill what is left of our Republican Democracy... which is not much at all!

Antebellum America Redux

What is the answer to this problem that has been with our nation since its founding?

Coping with a complex messy world: Education for the 21st century and beyond

Critical Thinking—surfacing and rebutting fallacious arguments/claims--is one of the most important skills in dealing with Wicked Messes.

Clinton Backs Monsanto’s Case That to Be Anti Monsanto Is to Be Pro Global-Warming

“There is no comparison between the actual scientific consensus that global warming is real and man-made, and the phony ‘scientific’ ‘consensus’ that GMOs are safe.”

Donald Trump’s deepest fraud?

Without a doubt, the aristocracies of the U.S. and of all of its allied countries want this type of world government, even though it would hurt the publics everywhere.

Gimme Shelter…Land Lords Need not Apply!!

What we need to make a better society for most working stiffs out there is community owned and operated nonprofit rental housing.

Binary pablum for the masses

The use of simplistic binary rhetoric has been the modus operandi of Populist leaders throughout history.

The terms of the protests: Systemic and institutional reform

People may even want different things, such as more radical change like abolishing the police entirely, but these ten proposed changes are a crucial contribution to the conversation of what to do about police brutality in America.

What is a public forum?

How a platform operates should not depend upon whether it is owned by a private company or not.

The pawns of war

Memorial Day is here again, and it seems ‘The Dogs of War’ are at it as always.