Politics and its Discontents

To the untutored and blunt mind, the world is black and white. Incapable of nuanced thinking, it apprehends things only as they immediately ...

I haven't been posting much lately, and will probably do so sparingly for the next little while. The problem is that I can think of very...

One of the things I have always used this blog for is to bring to readers' notice things they might be unaware of. For example, although...

At the risk of being accused of "old-fartism," I offer the following which a Facebook friend posted. While I don't agree wit...

Well, the world becomes harder to understand. Despite my many years on this earth, the irrationality of humans is still the thing that mos...

While the Toddller-in-Chief continues with his temper tantrum, and the American government shutdown is now in its third week, it is good...

Newly-elected Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez articulates the kind of values that progressives pine for in their political leaders. G...