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By Alan Milner09/08/2023You absolutely must watch - and spread - this clip wherever you can. This woman is a force of nature. […]1 CommentCommunity Update: Ron is in Rehab
By Alan Milner09/01/2023Update about Ron. Information about changes to the user database. […]1 CommentA Constitutional Convention for Gun Control is A BAD Idea
By Alan Milner08/15/2023Is California Governor Gavin Newsom a real idiot or is this just a role he is playing by calling for an impossible-to-achieve constitutional amendment? […]6 CommentsMore colorful than the drag queen
By Myriad08/14/2023S/he was all in tasteful silver - I wore a gaudy shirt. […]3 CommentsRon Powell: Piano Man
By Alan Milner08/07/2023Ron Powell is missing in action. We haven't heard from him in a while and we're woried. The embedded article shows a side of Ron I personally never knew about before. (Click the link in the story.) […]34 Comments2024: At-Risk Senate Seats Lean to The Right
By Alan Milner07/28/2023The odds of the Democratic party holding onto the Senate in 2024 are frighteningly high against that outcome. It is going to be a long election night. […]18 CommentsWas Ronald Reagan one of the top 3 presidents after WW II?
By koshersalaami07/10/2023Ronald Reagan presided over the real beginnings of American wealth polarization, which has resulted in the vast majority of Americans not seeing gains in America’s economy. […]14 CommentsSelf-prescribed Art Therapy
By Rose Guastella07/04/2023Making art is the best stress-reliever I know of. This new painting has been a very fulfilling experience. […]19 CommentsWe All Know What Race Is
By Bitey07/03/2023I was smack up against an absolute absurdity, and I couldn't accept it […]7 CommentsThe Bombardier is Dead
By Bitey06/30/2023When I first read the book several decades ago, Yossarian was the moral center in a fictional insane world. […]14 CommentsUnintended Consequences
By koshersalaami06/29/2023What happens to White students when race is taken out of the equation at premium institutions? […]33 CommentsYou Say Yevgeny, I say Eugene. Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off.
By Bitey06/25/2023I knew him as Eugene, but when he explained that he was born in Russia, and that his name was actually Yevgeny, I found that fascinating. […]9 CommentsDon’t Try It…Until You Knock It
By Bitey06/14/2023When I was growing up, houses had doors, doorbells, and door knockers. I can’t think of how many doors I have approached and either rang the doorbell, or knocked. […]43 CommentsDon’t Call Me…
By Bitey06/11/2023I have enjoyed finding agreement among friends and strangers, and I have enjoyed disagreements. Sometimes I learned a new perspective, and other times I learned how flawed perspectives were constructed. […]7 CommentsCatching up…
By Rose Guastella06/10/2023Just a little update since I haven't been here in a while. […]18 CommentsTrump Indicted: Finally?
By Ron Powell06/10/2023A truly important question here is: Can the American Media and Journalistic establishments get it right? […]5 CommentsMoby Don
By Bitey06/10/2023Adherence to the rule of law is a bedrock principle of the Department of Justice, and our nation’s commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world. […]14 CommentsThe Art of the Dunce
By Bitey06/03/2023A couple of weeks ago, during our most recent debt ceiling negotiation, Trump advised, “if {the GOP} doesn’t get massive concessions, you’ll have to do a default”. […]26 CommentsThe Debt Ceiling Addendum
By Alan Milner06/02/2023Debt Ceiling brinking has to end before it ends us. […]18 CommentsA Lesson on ‘Common Ground’
By Bitey05/16/2023These two men are philosophically opposed. Each sees the other as his inferior, motivated by hate. Each is determined to not subordinate himself to the other because of their philosophical differences. […]17 CommentsRacism Without Racists
By Ron Powell05/15/2023However, today, while racism is an underlying force that has driven the evolution of 'Trumpism' toward full-blown fascism, everyone on the MAGA right is in denial re actually being a racist... […]26 Comments
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