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Armageddon Roasting on an Open Fire

Ahhh, the comforts of life:  President Trump is the worst president we have ever had. I like it, I do.  The tax-reform bill is the worst bill that has ever wormed its way through Congress. Nancy Pelosi calls it Armageddon. These laments are music to my ears. Trump...

Intersexers of the world unite!

Lord help us if universities like Harvard ever get interested in intersexers and their ilk. It turns out that Harvard has been creating perfect incoming classes. By turning down Asian-American students who apply. “Perfect” to Harvard is a class with fixed percentages...

Be Frightened. Be Really Really Frightened.

Be frightened! You probably will be if you read the article I did. It is about global catastrophes that are headed our way.  If we don’t change our ways, that is. This is a serious article in the journal Bioscience. It is endorsed by 1700 “leading” scientists. It...

Let Us Talk About Rape – At Last

Whole lotta rapes been goin’ on. That is a logical thought about the sexual bonfire. The one set alight by Harvey Weinstein’s accusers. More about those rapes later. Meanwhile we are awash in hypocrisy. Good example is how politicians reacted to the accusations...

The GDP. The GDP. Who Cares?

“So what?  Lately our GDP has run at a 3 percent rate. Who cares?” Many people react this way when they see Gross Domestic Product figures.  They scorn the attention people give to them.  “Who cares?  Doesn’t affect me. Two-percent GDP, three-percent GDP. What’s the...

WHAT A REVOLTIN’ DEVELOPMENT THIS IS!

​Are you enjoying the revolution? We are in the midst of one. It is not a bloody revolt, thankfully. ​That thought struck me when I read of a recent poll. It found the American public’s approval of most senators was plunging. This applied to Democrats and Republican...