Israel, Trump, Netanyahu And The Palestinian "Question"
"A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" Tom Russell and Lucinda Williamshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0jlZxbThyQ
View ArticleDaniel Webster Weighs In On Conspiracism
Alan: Every conspiracy theory has more fractious sub-division of opinions than Christianity has sects."9/11 Conspiracy...
View ArticleA Good Question From Trump's Defense Team: Why Didn't Pelosi Enforce Supoenas?
Dear F,"Republican question for Trump team: Does the House’s failure to enforce subpoenas render its "obstruction of Congress" theory unprecedented?" (USA Today excerpt) Have television pundits...
View ArticleHow Do Trump And Obama Stack Up As Liars: Democracy Dies When Falsehood Is...
"The picture he keeps in the attic."Alan ArchibaldFor Republicans, it is "all about winning."It's not about Truth except in those instances when Truth coincides with partisan or personal...
View ArticleThe Day The Republican-Led Senate Refused To Let Bolton Testify
Dear F,Thanks for your email.So what if they sue The House!Does that make any substantive sense to you?Trump's in the middle of 3500 ongoing lawsuits.Schiff's excuse sounds like words being strung...
View ArticleThe Original Meaning Of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors"
Excerpt: "Here’s the key point in summary: the evidence of original meaning overwhelmingly supports the conclusion that, at the time of the framing of the U.S. Constitution, the composite term “high...
View ArticleWhat Child Sex Offender Larry Nassar M.D. Has In Common With Trump's Impeachment
Everyone Believed Larry NassarHow did he deceive so many for so long?https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/how-did-larry-nassar-deceive-so-many-for-so-long.htmlExcerpt: "It has by the fall of 2018 become...
View ArticleStephen King Quits Facebook. Will He Promote An Alternative?
On the left side of the aisle, there is a lot of chatter about subscribing to a social media platform that replaces Facebook.Stephen King is an excellent position to spearhead such a movement by...
View ArticleKentucky's Capitol Building: "Whatever This Is, It Is Not Civilization"
Alan: Make no mistake.We live in the United States of Barbaria.These people are not patriots.They are cultural terrorists who could easily morph into “Civil Warriors.”More Americans Have Died From Gun...
View ArticleOrwell's "1984": A Handsome, Freely-Available Online Edition
"1984"https://www.planetebook.com/free-ebooks/1984.pdfOrwell: A Brief, Image-Rich Introduction To A Prophetic Geniushttps://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2019/11/george-orwell-brief-image-rich.htmlThat...
View ArticleNew Trump Meme Explains Malignant Messiah's Extraordinary Ability To Lie...
Alan: Pathological liars have an unshakable foundation when they actually believe their own lies.For example, Trump believes he has the best brain. Trump believes he knows "more than the generals" or...
View ArticleHey, Fascist! Don't Be A Turkey
THOUGHTECONOMICS.COMA Conversation with Ece Temelkuran on How to Lose a Country, in 7 Steps.“I am one of the early birds…” Ece Temelkuran told me, “I saw democracy collapse in Turkey and tried to warn...
View ArticleComparison Of Trump And Obama's Job Records
Alan: The two most notable economic events in the last 12 years have been the economic collapse under Bush and the "miraculous" turnaround worked by Obama between 2009 and 2011.At bottom, Trump's...
View Article"In Order To Have Compassion, You Have To Spend Time Getting To Know Monsters"
(Alan: I cannot source this quote with confidence.)Thank you Arthur,I did not know the story about Flannery O'Connor, nor did I realize she wrestled with internalized racism much of her life.I was also...
View ArticleYour Irksome Encounter With Vince /// After Trump's Acquittal
Dear Tig,Thanks for your email.All value systems come down to beliefs.Yours. Mine. Vince's.And although you and I believe that "reason and compassion" are supreme values, even our own moral outlooks...
View Article"Will The Economy Re-Elect Donald Trump?" By Nicholas Kristof
A rally last June in Washington sought to pressure lawmakers to combat suicide. Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post, via Getty Images"Will The Economy Re-Elect Donald Trump?"By Nicholas...
View ArticleFiction Responding To Fiction: Flannery O'Connor And Bruce Springsteen
The Fiction Responding to Fiction series considers the influence that a short story has on another writer; all entries can be found here.Bruce Springsteen often tells stories in his songs which...
View ArticleThe New Yorker: Franciscan Friar Richard Rohr Reorders The Universe
ON RELIGIONRICHARD ROHR REORDERS THE UNIVERSEBy Eliza GriswoldFebruary 2, 2020The seventy-six-year-old Franciscan friar Richard Rohr believes that Christianity isn’t the only path to...
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