I am ashamed because I know what Mr. Trump is. He is a racist. He is a conman. He is a cheat. Michael Cohen testified before Congress last week. You can see the whole thing on video and there are some nice tidbits. But his opening statement sums everything up Read more…
What’s the most important part of a democracy? Hopefully, that’s an easy answer, the ability for everyone to vote. Over the history of the United States, we’ve slowly been working to ensure the “everyone” part of that statement holds true. It’s been a pretty slow process and not without its Read more…
I had a thought the other day that is completely in the conspiracy theory camp. There’s no evidence for it and it assumes far too many strings pulled by far too few maniacal geniuses. But it amused me and thought it at least had potential as the plot to a Read more…
I got into a political discussion on Facebook once and…it didn’t devolve into a cesspool of vileness. Shocking, I know. I shared an article that talked about Liberals and Libertarians uniting together to oppose the current tide of authoritarianism and specifically targeted some friends who I know aren’t shitheads. I’ve Read more…
I’ve given myself a few days to ruminate on the results of last weeks election. Things did not go quite as I hoped. Of the major races, I had a personal interest in, no one I supported won. Texas Senator, US House Representative, Texas House Representative, Texas Attorney General, Texas Read more…
It’s election day here in the US of A. Every election there are some people who say this election is the most important election. They call it a turning point in history. To some extent, they’re right. Every decision, much less every election, is a turning point. Some matter more Read more…
I talked last week about the paradox that resisting asshole behavior sometimes requires it. Those in power have constructed society so that only they (commonly rich, white, men) can get away with being jerks and that doing this allows them to stay in power. This kind of abuse is something Read more…
Last night at a campaign rally not more than 25miles from me, Trump said this: “You know, they have a word, it sort of became old-fashioned. It’s called a nationalist,” Trump said at a campaign event in Houston, where he rallied voters to support Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) in November’s Read more…
I read an article recently that talked about how in many ways societies misogyny extends to more than just women. It focused on political parties, equating the Democrats to feminine characteristics and Republicans to masculine characteristics. The idea being that Republicans get away with certain behaviors because they are the Read more…
I came across this the other day: Then later, I also came across this article (and link to study) which found that all the “dark” personality traits are all linked back to: In other words, all dark traits can be traced back to the general tendency of placing one’s own goals Read more…