Has rightwing, evangelical power peaked? KS
As someone who was born and raised in Kansas and who lived there for 40 years - 20 in Lawrence, a liberal enclave - I have been saddened to see the state become the poster child for rightwing nuttiness...
View ArticleThe War on Emotions
In his 1933 inagural address, FDR said, "So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes...
View ArticleSF Impeach at the beach this Sat.
I'm passing the following along:If at First You Don't Succeed...Oh sure, the earlier attempt at getting Bush impeached by lining up a whole bunch of bodies to lie on Ocean Beach didn't work, but that...
View ArticleLetter calls Tenet, "the Alberto Gonzales of the intelligence community."
Michael Hirsh at Newsweek reports on a letter sent to former CIA director, George Tenet. The letter, signed by intelligence agents, says that he was "rewriting history" to avoid taking responsibility...
View ArticleFrank Zappa and crowd control
It's up to McCain/Palin to point out to the crowd when something is inappropriate. If they want to hold themselves up as moral examples they need to act that way. It reminds me of a...
View ArticleTop Ten reasons to elect McCain/Palin
Off the top of my head, the Top Ten reasons why we must elect McCain/Palin: Must realize national education goal of teaching all children glossolalia as a second language - especially grammar. We dare...
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Share pics of ballot stubs here!
I voted in San Francisco today. Below is an image of my voter stubs and "I Voted" sticker - in three languages. Share yours.
View ArticleThe Democrats Plan to Rebuild Appalachia
You should check this column in NYT about Appalachia here It's about the way Appalachia votes. In my opinion, if we were to create one or even two states out of just these counties the Republican...
View ArticleGross National Happiness
I was reminded about Bhutan's Gross National Happiness principles by an article published by today's San Francisco Chronicle. I have always been somewhat bothered by the belief of many economists that...
View ArticleUniversal health for those under 18
If not universal health care for all (which I really want) why not at least start with universal health care for all children under 18? This would at least be a difficult proposal for Republicans to...
View Article'The Swerve', by Stephen Greenblatt is a terrific book.
Epicurus, Lucretius, Hypatia, Shakespeare, Montaigne. A history of the book, 'On the Nature of Things' (de rerum natura). Thomas Jefferson had five copies in Latin as well as translations in English,...
View ArticleFlorida age group death rates calculation
I live in central Florida so I’m running a few numbers about the state and the potential for deaths caused by the coronavirus. I’ve collected age/population numbers for Florida. I’m multiplying the...
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