THEY STILL LURK In the last election, some of the worst of them were defeated. Kari Lake, a notorious election denier, lost in my own state of Arizona. The ignorant ex-football player lost in the Georgia runoff. And the malignity behind them all has lost much of his influence. If all goes well, he may […]

The absurdity of the US firearm permissiveness is derived from the deliberate misreading of the 2nd amendment. Prior to the sudden insistence on the new interpretation in the 1970’s, the amendment had never had a “guns for everyone” meaning. City governments everywhere often banned carrying firearms in town, knowing it would be a safety hazard. […]

You may have heard the argument, “The problem is not guns– it’s mental health.”That’s partly true. Guns ARE a mental health problem. The current common interpretation of the 2nd amendment is a clear sign of that mental illness. The bizarre thinking that every citizen of a nation should be allowed to own and carry a […]

FLORIDA Slavery in Florida is more central to Florida’s history than it is to almost any other state. Florida’s purchase by the United States from Spain in 1819 was primarily a measure to strengthen the system of slavery on Southern plantations, by denying potential runaways the formerly safe haven of Florida.–Wikipedia In Cuba and other […]

As individuals, we know how we feel, and we may have an idea how our environment affects us, and how we interact with the people we know. We may connect with some of them, and when we form positive bonds, we feel a little stronger, a little safer. But we are still nearly alone amid […]

Atheism is more than simply rejecting the myths and lies that have been perpetuated and institutionalized to limit and control us. It is more than the realization that belief in imaginary powers has weakened our resistance to political lies and deception, making us vulnerable to the impairment of our power to govern ourselves democratically. Many […]

Leaks How we view a leak may vary significantly depending on what is leaking and what it is leaking from. A tire leaking air, or a pipe leaking water is almost always an annoyance. A leak of flammable liquid or gas can be alarming. Then there are leaks of information. Your opinion on those will […]

Just in case anyone wonders why I seem so concerned about the importance of factual truth, and of each of us taking the trouble to determine whether we are hearing it, note that virtually every social or political problem that can be identified remains unabated or is exacerbated because we, the public, are misinformed, or […]

There is a reason why we need to take a closer look at the human habit of believing things we are told without actual evidence that they are true. Obviously, that has been done throughout history, and there is evidence that it began long before that. It likely began out of the desire to explain […]

A man was riding in a train. In his lap he carried a large cage with a cloth cover which obscured its interior. The train rolled on for hours. Finally, curiosity overcame the passenger sitting across from him, and he asked, “Excuse me, but what is in the cage?” “A mongoose”, replied the man. “Why […]