What if Donald Trump the con artist has actually conned the Republican right wing and ultimately the whole country? What if all his right-wing rhetoric has been a gigantic scam and in terms of actual policy he will turn out to be the savior of the liberal vision— a sort of “Nixon to China” for … More Trump, what if….
“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ― Voltaire
The big news in the Roman Catholic world is Pope Francis’ decision to allow all priests, not just bishops and special confessors (1,142 priests and monks from around the world) for the duration of the Vatican’s Jubilee Year of Mercy to give women absolution for the grave sin of having an abortion. The Jubilee Year of … More Pope Francis and Abortion
“Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing ‘Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!’ If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about the concept.” ― Dan Barker,
The notion that Donald Trump has been elected President is just one of two competing narratives or truth claims, if you will. That he won the most Electoral College votes and hence the election is one narrative, but here is a competing narrative: The Electoral College is a social construct that was originally intended to … More Donald Trump Was Not Elected President
“It is time to change the political discourse on globalization: trade is a good thing, but fair and sustainable development also demands public services, infrastructure, health and education systems. In turn, these themselves demand fair taxation systems. If we fail to deliver these, Trumpism will prevail.”–Thomas Pikkety
having Bozo the Clown perform brain surgery asking a psychopathic killer for a shave going to a car mechanic to have a tooth pulled asking Cardinal Law to watch the kids getting diet advice from Newt Gingrich buying organic carrots from a drug dealer going to a Christian Science reading room for medical advice trusting … More Electing Donald Trump President is like…
On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump managed to pull the biggest upset in US politics by tapping successfully into the anger of white voters and appealing to the lowest inclinations of people in a manner that would have probably impressed Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels himself. But what exactly does Trump’s victory mean, and what can … More Trump in the White House: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
“A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.” ― Henry A. Wallace
“In the end I saw that the claims for the compatibility of science and religion were weak, resting on assertions about the nature of religion that few believers really accept, and that religion could never be made compatible with science without diluting it so seriously that it was no longer religion but a humanist philosophy.” … More Quote of the Day
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