PinnedThe search for ultimate truth is called science, the gathering of objective evidence about the…No less an authority than Paul of Tarsus defines faith as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen” [Hebrews…Apr 18, 202111Apr 18, 202111
PinnedGod, THAT, the Tao, the Fount of Being, call it what you will, has engendered a universe in which…This is the ineluctable truth with which God rebukes Job from the whirlwind: “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth…Nov 10, 20222Nov 10, 20222
The thing is, a carefully conceived tariff policy is not necessarily a bad thing.What would make sense would be to impose tariffs on countries calibrated to their domestic labor policies (low wages and safety standards…5d ago15d ago1
This is all predicated on the assumption that we still have a constitutional system of checks and…Congress can pass all the legislation they like; he will veto it, and even if they were to override his veto (inconceivable with this…6d ago26d ago2
My longtime doctor just sent out an announcement that as of June 1 he is moving to a “concierge”…What happened, of course, is that he sold his practice to a private equity firm, which is busy buying up every medical practice in the area…Mar 281Mar 281
It is not the “Alien Sedition” but the Alien Enemies Act, enacted by Congress and signed into law…Trump’s abuse of the act lies in claiming executive authority that the act doesn’t grant him. It is stated to apply specifically “whenever…Mar 27Mar 27
Our historical kinship has been built on shared values and principles, which half of us, at least…Don’t take it personally: he’s perfectly capable of shitting on anyone, at any time, for any reason or no reason at all. Take solace in the…Mar 19Mar 19
And those of us old enough to remember have watched it unfold, step by step.When they repealed the FCC Fairness Doctrine, no longer requiring broadcasters to provide balanced opinion with equal time for opposing…Mar 131Mar 131
The USA had its chance to learn a huge lesson from Trump’s shambolic first term.Of course Trump is an imbecile, an ignorant, simple-minded, deranged madman with no capacity for human empathy and no ability to foresee…Mar 13Mar 13
You have put your finger right on it.This is the root of all our current ills: the mounting economic desperation and concomitant social and cultural stresses. Historically…Mar 61Mar 61
(1) Try letting test subjects read the whole story before forming a judgment, rather than asking…(2) Call me biased, but I believe it is an objective fact that negative stories about Trump are more likely to be true than positive ones…Mar 2Mar 2
According to traditional Jewish understanding, God reveals his nature in the form of the Torah…The Hindu Rig Veda expresses it this way:Jan 151Jan 151
Not to mention the non sequitur of tying health coverage to your employment, which puts the burden…You would think that American business would welcome a public single-payer system, to relieve them of the burden of employees’ health…Dec 24, 2024Dec 24, 2024
Those of us old enough to remember the day before yesterday will recall that Bill Clinton handed…Instead, Bush the Younger squandered the surplus on tax cuts for the rich, proving for the umpteenth time that trickle-down economics don’t…Dec 5, 20241Dec 5, 20241
Tony, I speak from your side of the argument.Science rests on the notion of causality. What caused the universe? The Big Bang. What caused the Big Bang? Quantum fluctuations, you say…Nov 12, 20241Nov 12, 20241
If he’d never entered politics, Trump would have lived out his wretched life as a low-level public…The worst—the very worst—thing that could have happened to such a malignant personality was the 2016 election, feeding his sense of…Sep 13, 20241Sep 13, 20241
