Saturday, February 15, 2025

The Euphoria of Killing Jews

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The disturbing euphoria seen in those who attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 was not just a reflection of the animalistic thrill they got fr...
Sunday, February 2, 2025

US Air Traffic Controller Salaries Should Be Much Higher

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  The mean -or average- yearly salary of an air traffic controller (ATC) in the United States was $95K in January of 2025, according to pays...
Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Are Anti-Zionist Jews Still Jews?

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It’s about time this discussion happens.  A plurality of “Anti-Zionist Jews” is likely Reform, if denominationally affiliated. Reform philos...
Sunday, November 17, 2024

What if Islamists Attacked U.S. Christians?

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Because there is, currently, a global jihad being conducted against the west; and because there are growing limits being placed on this jiha...
Friday, August 16, 2024

Impulsive or Indoctrinated?

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Yesterday, at a Starbucks near campus, I overheard a couple of colleagues talking about recent violent protests at another university. One c...
Saturday, February 24, 2024

Decency: One Palestinian at a Time

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Last Thursday, I went to the Middle Eastern joint across the street from my office. Hadn’t been there in a couple of weeks. The manager is a...
Monday, January 1, 2024

Pro-Palestinian or Terrorist?

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Yesterday, someone on X asked me why people are called antisemites, terrorists, and Hamas supporters for being pro-Palestinian. My response ...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Making Sense of POTUS: Part VI--Traits 8 and 9

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I started this post over five years ago, about the time I stopped adding to my blog. Having resurrected the blog, I finally finished the pos...
Sunday, May 27, 2018

Making Sense of POTUS: Part V--Trait 7

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This is the fifth in a six part series about Donald Trump's publicly visible traits. The current focus is: 7--Mr. Trump is neit...
Friday, January 19, 2018

From Arse To Outhouse: Spinning Trump’s Shit-Hole Comment

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On Thursday January 11th, President Trump met with a small, bipartisan group of lawmakers to discuss immigration. In that meeting, during ...
Sunday, October 29, 2017

The Healthcare Policy Debate: Part IV--Last Ditch Efforts

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This is the fourth in a series analyzing the political and policy aspects of the recent healthcare debate. Part I was a political analysis...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

The Confederacy Versus Political Iconoclasm

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I started to write this piece several months ago, during a previous dust up over the very same issue. At that point, the foci were c o...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

The Healthcare Policy Debate: Part III--Inside the Senate Bill

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This is the third in a series analyzing the political and policy aspects of the current healthcare debate. Part I was a political analys...
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Thursday, June 22, 2017

The Healthcare Policy Debate: Part II--Inside The House Bill

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This is the second part in a series analyzing the political and policy aspects of the current healthcare debate. Part I examined the first ...