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Mind Politics

Republican Fantasies

March 27, 2021August 17, 2021

Trump’s monumental ego, driven by proportional insecurity, prevents him from acknowledging that he was an incumbent president who lost to a rival he called “sleepy”.

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Human Experience Mind

New Logic in the Trump Era

January 23, 2021January 25, 2021

I’ve noticed two logical arguments that are repeatedly used by Trumpists, both flawed. To America’s discredit, they seem to be gaining more general use. In

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Human Experience

Not Tragic

January 7, 2021January 16, 2021

After the rape of Capitol Hill by a Trumpian mob, I wonder if this is the act of hubris that I have long instinctively expected.

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Human Experience Politics

Faust Knew Better

January 7, 2021January 9, 2021

I wrote a fair amount during the George W. and Obama administrations, particularly the former’s. Incensed by the stupidity of squandering the 2000 budget surplus

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Mind

Naive or Stupid

January 9, 2021January 9, 2021

Incredibly naive? Or profoundly stupid?

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Mind

Coalescing Thoughts

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

Local control of schools is a failure. People have lost, if they ever had, any ability to think analytically. Being able to posit an alternative

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Mind Nature Running

Outdoors

January 1, 2021January 1, 2021

Denise broke her toe two weeks ago. It knocked the steam out of my running. I’m very used to having her around for the first

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Body Mind Nature

Do you believe?

December 19, 2020January 1, 2021

I don’t believe in the supernatural. I do believe in the power of symbols.

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Mind

Lobotomy

December 27, 2020January 1, 2021

How did People magazine displace Marat/Sade?

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