Election 2020

In high school I took an advanced writing class, which required me to write a research paper of at least 10 double-spaced typewritten pages on a subject of my choosing (provided the instructor approved it). My paper was about the impact of nuclear power plants on aquatic life. Th ...

I went off on a friend (by now, probably an ex-friend) on Facebook about her unreasonable, unbreakable support for Trump. I had made the argument that Trump's actions and inaction increased deaths from Covid-19. In particular, I argued (see if there's a flaw here, I don't think ...

Of all the falsehoods, half-truths, prevarications, distortions, misstatements, deceptions, ... oh heck, let's just call it what it is ... of all the lies you're going to hear during the Trump convention, this will be the biggest and most-repeated: that Trump took a poor Obama ec ...

The graph below is Exhibit 1 for how far the United States has sunk under the (mis)management of the Trump 'Administration'. It shows the seven-day rolling average of new coronavirus cases in the United States (population 328.2 million) and the 27 countries comprising the Europea ...

Title 4, Section 8 of the United States Code -- federal law -- is titled "Respect for the Flag." Trump and his supporters make a big deal out of respect for what Trump calls "our GREAT AMERICAN FLAG" (no need to yell, lay off the Caps Lock button for God's sake). Surely Trump sup ...

Laugh-my-ass-off quote from Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale today in Politico: Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale played down concerns of a confrontation [at Trump's upcoming Tulsa rally]. “I've been here since day one, and I found all Trump supporters to be really caring ...