Is that telling us something?
On September 26, 2016 the Washington Monument was closed for repairs to its elevator. “It’s a long-term closure, one that will be measured in months,” said a spokesman for the National Park Service as More...
Anger and outrage have replaced reason in political dialog. Angry people don’t think well. Politicians know that. Politicians exploit anger. There is a clear and present danger that our next government will be dominated either by right-wing xenophobia, racism, isolationism, disrespect for the fir More...
Anti-immigrant and Anti-Trump forces are stalemated so the US government is partially shutdown.
Anti-Brexit and Anti-Europe forces can’t find a way forward in the UK.
Anti-vaxxers, with the help of the internet, have managed to damage herd immunity with their idiocy. From a More...
In Colonial Williamsburg our grandchildren Jack (10) and Lily (9) learned that even the most important arguments have two sides. They also learned a lot of American history.
We went to an enactment called “Trial of a Patriot”. The assump More...
In 1973 the Supreme Court acted more like a legislature than the federal court of last appeal when it declared that State laws banning abortion in the first two trimesters of privacy were unconstitutional. This decision ended an era of hypocrisy in which rich guys’ pregnant girlfriends could get More...
It’s great news that Amazon wants to raise its own minimum wage to $15/hour. Shows the economy is growing and workers are more in demand. Companies which compe More...
Innovation is a weed, not a pampered flower. It grows in the cracks; it grows where it’s not wanted. It’s almost, but not quite, unstoppable. You should be very suspicious that Google and Facebook are suggesting “some” regulation as a way of stopping the behavior which empowered their growth. The More...
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2 things u need 2 know: I am v rich & v smart. I am richer & smarter than u.
I make or unmake rules; I do not follow.
In old days I would’ve sucked up 2 press 2 get them 2 cover what I said (& they would’ve screwed More...
I will be live on WDEVat 11am ET today discussing why primary system favors extremes and discord and the easy fix with Bill Sayre. (am 550, fm96. 1, 96.5 & 101.9, stream http://wdevradio.com/stream/).
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August 14th is Primary Day in Vermont, where we can freely vote in any party’s primary. This year there are three ballots: Republican, Democratic, and Progressive. The only hitch is that, once you choose a ballot, you can only vote for candidates on that ballot; you can’t split your pr More...
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