10 hours agoMember-onlyHow Could an Ivy League President Be So Dumb?So, the Presidents of MIT, Harvard and Penn go up before a Congressional committee holding a hearing on college anti-Semitism and manage to all say the wrong thing, which gets one of them (the President of Penn) get fired and the other two probably hanging onto their jobs by a…Liz Magill3 min readLiz Magill3 min read
15 hours agoMember-onlyDo We Really Need Social Media?What should we make of the fact that X, formerly known as Twitter, is now owned by a guy who seems to relish the idea that social media should be a communications device open to the verbal hectoring of every crackpot, asshole, racist, Fascist and shithead with the physical ability…Social Media3 min readSocial Media3 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyThe ATF Comes Up with Another No-Brainer to Control Guns.From 1977 until 2015, I held federal firearms licenses in 4 different states. These licenses allowed me to operate as a retail dealer, a whole distributor, an importer, and a manufacturer of guns. Altogether, probably some 20,000 guns were registered under the licenses I held for those 38 years. During…Gun Control4 min readGun Control4 min read
1 day agoMember-onlyTrump vs. Smith: Who Wins?As of today, Trump’s trial charging him with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election appears to be set for April 2024. And this trial has been in and out of the news recently because of a gag order imposed on Trump who keeps warming up the MAGA…Trump4 min readTrump4 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyAccording to Trump, Things Couldn’t Be Any Worse.I have a friend who is 84-years old and has basically lost the ability to walk without using a wheelchair or two canes. So, right now he’s a resident of a nursing home which does physical therapy with the hope that maybe his muscles will wake up again. Meanwhile, his…Trump4 min readTrump4 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyWill Trump Turn America into a Fascist State?Yesterday, I was driving down I-90 and listening to my CD which was a performance of The Threepenny Opera, featuring Lotte Lenya in the major singing role. …Trump4 min readTrump4 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyAre You Ready for the Catastrophe?Until yesterday, I thought that anyone who believed that Trump won the 2020 election was either stupid, crazy or both. …Conspiracy Theories4 min readConspiracy Theories4 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyWant To Own a Gun? Join the Holton Militia.Want to live in what may be the safest community in the United States? Try a place called Holton, which is in Michigan, located about 10 miles from Lake Michigan, and has some 2,500 people living in 900 or so habitable dwellings, and 98% of these residents are white. You…Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyHow Come Some People Shoot Other People?Yesterday, a 34-year-old man was sentenced to 12–15 years in state prison for shooting a state trooper in Springfield, MA, which is where I happen to live. …Gun Violence4 min readGun Violence4 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyHow Come Everyone Likes Trump When He Gets Pissed Off?Sooner or later, we were going to be treated to an academic analysis of Trump’s political rhetoric which would conclude that he was introducing a style of political speech which was more nasty, angry, and vulgar than any political rhetoric previously used or heard. And the analysis now exists in…Trump4 min readTrump4 min read
