I am so lost for words, for admonitions, for criticisms at the sight of this: https://www.cbsnews.com/.../vandals-spray-paint-maga.../... How can any American see this and not have his knees buckle in weakness of the greatest horror, his stomach churn with a feeling...

Future history will give us a better perspective on ex-President Donald J. Trump, but as far as his personality goes our long national nightmare is over.

People on the left are all worked up about a new rise of fascism. People on the right are just as agitated about the dangers represented by antifa. Consequently, the whole country is engaged in shadow boxing. Are these groups dangerous? Yes, but mostly to each other....

If asked yesterday, I would have preferred Rice. In hindsight (always the clearest and most accurate sight) I think Biden made the best choice. Kamala is the more edgy and feisty of the two, so she makes a good addition to the ticket in that respect. President Trump...

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write a famous author and ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond - and his response is magnificent: “Dear Xavier High School, and Ms. Lockwood, and Messrs Perin, McFeely, Batten, Maurer and...

Another on my books I haven’t read list is White Fragility by Robin Diangelo. This white woman makes a strong case that white people are overly defensive about matters of racial history. It’s a good point. You don’t have to look very far to find rabid examples of...

College and high school The Freakonomics broadcast on Sunday last (5/17) interviewed some of the people tasked with the responsibilities of making decisions about school opening procedures. The show also featured some very favorable prognostications as to the future...

by Jim Stehr The 1918 influenza pandemic killed an estimated 17 to 100 million people world-wide, including 600,000 in the United States.  Warren Harding became president in March 1921 when unemployment was 23.1%.  Harding, and more so his successor Calvin...

I enjoyed this Carl Sagan video on the existence of God (Link below). Note the use of the capital "G" in God. It makes no sense to discuss small letter g's. In the video, an audience member off-camera asks Mr. Sagan if we shouldn’t start giving more credit to the...

WinLoseorDraw has been reading Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein. He recommends it, highly. The author re-enforces many of the opinions expressed on this blog with scholarly and professionally conducted research. Imagine that. WinLoseorDraw found a two page Interlude,...