IRONY: IS IT RUSSIA THAT’S FALLING APART?

Image courtesy of pixabay.com When Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine began a little more than a year ago, the pundits predicted that unless Ukraine acceded to all of Russia’s territorial demands, the nation would be invaded and dissolved, grafted onto Russia as was Crimea.  Didn’t quite work out that way, did it? As of […]

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE AMERICAN ATHEISTS!

I was a stamp collector when younger and still have an interest. I notice that the U.S. has issued stamps honoring holidays of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and a few Catholic saints as well. There’s nothing per se wrong with the nation paying tribute to the different strands that created the American tapestry, but why […]

JORDAN PETERSON SHOULD FOLLOW HIS OWN ADVICE

Photo from Jordan Peterson Fan Page on FB Talk about chutzpah, or to say it another way, it’s like the pot calling the kettle black, or people living in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Mr. Peterson disappeared for years while supposedly fighting pain pill addiction in Serbia. He then popped up in Belfast, which he […]

RUNNING WHILE UNDER INDICTMENT

As long as a candidate meets the Constitutional requirements of citizen at birth, at least age 35, and not from the same state as the VP nominee, they can run in any state where they qualify for the ballot. (Major parties are automatically on the ballot.) We’ve actually had people run while in prison. Eldridge […]

PRAYER DOES NOT WORK

“God may indeed exist and prayer may indeed heal; however, it appears that, for important theological and scientific reasons, randomized controlled studies cannot be applied to the study of the efficacy of prayer in healing. In fact, no form of scientific enquiry presently available can suitably address the subject.”   The above is the conclusion […]

DON’T POST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Inage courtesy of The Forward   DON’T POST THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS It’s bad for everybody. All wise traditions have the same prohibitions on murder, theft, lying, adultery. (If it’s too difficult to talk about gender or sexual orientation, how the hell can the teachers explain adultery?) Not all wise traditions hold that […]

RIGHT WING ISOLATIONISM IS NOTHING NEW

                                 RIGHT WING ISOLATIONISM IS NOTHING NEW When WWII broke out, there were a group of Americans determined to prevent any American assistance to the Allies. The membership was almost exclusively right wing Republicans, with a sprinkling of conservative Democrats and […]

JORDAN PETERSON IN MORE TROUBLE- MAY LOSE PSYCHOLOGY LICENSE

Once again, Canadian crackpot and pseudo intellectual Jordan Peterson is in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time, he’s in hot water with the Ontario, Canada agency that licenses psychologists. The charges against him stem from statements he’s made on Twitter and in live interviews. The agency believes these comments undermine public confidence […]