I’m not an expert in this area, but I’m passing on the ideas that others have had, ideas that I found convincing.  They are logical and practical, and backed up with statistical analysis, and since politicians don’t even seem to… Read moreHow to stem the tide of mass shootings in America

Since about 1980, when Evangelical Christians first began moving into politics, their agenda has been clear.  They want to overturn Roe v Wade, crush gay rights and the rights of women, turn the civil rights clock back a few decades,… Read moreAmerican Theocracy

Republicans, no longer content with hating Liberals, gay people, black people, brown people, Muslims, immigrants and women, have decided to hate transgender kids too.  They’ve had a grand old time hating and hurting all those other groups, but they tend… Read moreTrans Kids

I just happened to run across a reference to Plato’s Cave, a philosophical allegory for society and its relationship to truth.  And I was struck by how relevant its message is to what we’re up against today. Quick refresher on… Read morePlato’s Conservative Cave

The Christian Evangelicals are about to accomplish a goal that they’ve been working toward for decades; denying women the right to abort an unwanted pregnancy.  By now, everybody’s heard the rhetoric.  They cry passionately for the rights of unborn fetuses… Read moreThe Anti-abortionists

Let’s not lose sight of the real reason Republican congressmen have continued to embrace Trump even after he lost the 2020 election.  It’s the crazies. In the 2016 election, and again in 2020, more people turned out to vote for… Read moreWhy the Right Still, Still Embraces Trump Even Now

Politics.  A subject that, like religion, must not be discussed.  Politics has become such an emotional flashpoint, such a divisive polemic, that we can no longer talk about it.  Yet it divides our nation like nothing has since we decided… Read morePolitics in America

Once again, it’s all Fox News’ fault.  The Omicron Variant is spreading like wildfire across the nation, and we haven’t got a prayer of containing it because a huge faction of our population refuses to get vaccinated and resists wearing… Read moreFox News and the Pandemic

  Recently, American public schools have become a battleground, mostly thanks to another blizzard of right-wing misinformation.  Far-right media and Republican politicians don’t care how much damage they do to our society and our children, as long as they can… Read moreFixing Schools

In spite of everything he’s done to them, conservatives continue to embrace Trump as their champion. He is a con-man, an adulterer, a liar, a tax-cheat, a draft dodger and a stooge for Vladimir Putin. He is everything conservatives have… Read moreWhy Conservatives Still Love Trump