Knowledge scares conservatives

Knowledge scares conservatives

Republicans are set on dismantling our public education system from the ground up. Their voucher plan subsidizes private schools at the expense of public ones while continuing to put more money in the pockets of rich people. Their plan to end tenure at UNC and give...
More on the middle

More on the middle

I’ve been traveling most of the month and had a lot of time to think during long stretches of boring interstate highways. I hope to put some of those thoughts to paper when I get more time. The overwhelming sense I get, though, is that we are a nation and world in...
Thoughts on 2021 and 2022

Thoughts on 2021 and 2022

Well, the New Year is off with a bang. After a week of 70+ degree weather, we’ve been hit by ferocious storms that have left me typing in the dark and the promise of snow. Don’t worry, though, the market will take care of it.  I’m not into making predictions much...
An ounce of prevention…

An ounce of prevention…

Apparently, conservatives have never much understood the old saying “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Florida Governor Ron DiSantis brazenly berated any attempts to reduce the spread of the virus and now faces a crisis. Down in Texas, Governor Greg...
Conservatives on climate change

Conservatives on climate change

One result of Donald Trump pulling the country out of the Paris agreement on climate change is Republicans are starting to explain their positions on the matter. Trump’s move made apparent to everyone that virtually no other country or world leader expresses any doubt...

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