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  • 2023 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Fan Vote

    It’s that time again, the 2023 Rock And Roll Hall of Fame Fan Vote. Here are my choices and reasoning, along with a review of the field.

  • The Progressives Are Winning

    The progressive left has everything “on our side,” and some of it we need to not.

  • When I Was Forty-One I Had A Very Good Year…

    As I’m curating old content, noticing how much good stuff I put out in 2011 brings on thoughts of why nearly nobody knows it.

  • 1960: Kennedy-Nixon Televised Debate

    First Televised Presidential Debate – Richard M. Nixon and John F Kennedy faced each other in this event leading up to the 1960 US Presidential Election.  The impact of these debates is still a lively subject among historians, political scientists, and communication experts, as there is significant consensus among most contemporary observers and those looking…

  • Can’t You Take A Joke?

    The ongoing discourse about “cancel culture” and how to “take a joke” provides a chance to reflect on our continuing evolution.

  • The Right Way To Be Wrong

    Everybody’s wrong sometimes. It’s when you care more about the benefits of your wrongness than making it right, the trouble starts.

  • International Women’s Day: Wendy O. Williams

    When it comes to glass ceilings, there are those who break them…and those who smash through them happily chewing the glass as they go.

  • 2022 State of the Union

    Some rolling observations I made while watching the 2022 State of the Union speech.

  • The Right People

    We have bad policies for combating poverty for one reason: because the very wealthy need the very poor to keep everyone else in line.

  • Tx. Gov. Abbott Criminalizes Parenting Trans Kids

    Tx Gov. Abbot Orders State Agency To Kidnap Trans Children From Parents, Force Misgendering, Corrective Medical Procedures Outlawed