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The Unavoidability of Faith With Rick Rosner
According to some semi-reputable sources gathered in a listing here, Rick G. Rosner may have among America’s, North America’s, and the world’s highest measured IQs at or above 190 (S.D. 15)/196 (S.D....
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What Our Addiction to Donald Trump Says About the U.S.
“I Can’t Quit You, Baby … Heroin … I Can’t Quit Her … Kicks … Can’t Quit … That Smell” These are all rock or blues songs about relationship addiction or addiction in general. And being about addiction...
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What Have We Learned From the Devastating, Never-Ending Trump Debacle?
This morning, amid the usual flurry of news about Donald Trump’s latest outrageous behavior or furious PUBLIC STATEMENT (he tends to spout off in all caps), I found myself wondering: Have we, as a...
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Americans’ Mental Health Is Collapsing at an Astonishing Rate
Recently I’ve been writing about the massive sociopolitical shitstorm that’s brewing — and already well underway — in the U.S. this election year. 2024 promises to be one of the most bizarre,...
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National Emergency: The U.S. Faces a Swarm of Constitutional Crises
Do you hear the blaring societal sirens and screeching warnings that are mounting fast all around us? I sure do — they’re blasting through every level of our society, and they’re both deafening and...
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In an Election Year, Trump’s Anti-Muslim Sentiments Again Loom Large
By KOUROSH ZIABARI For many young Iranians reeling from the Islamic Republic’s authoritarianism, education and exchange programs overseas represent a breakout opportunity to pursue a new life in...
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Donald Trump Is a Dangerous Serial Abuser and Con Man. Why Can’t We See That?
About 18 months ago I wrote a piece about Donald Trump being a malicious serial abuser. That article focused almost entirely on Trump himself, his horrendous character flaws, and his potent...
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Authoritarian U-Turns in Some Countries, but Not Others
By Gülşen Doğan Over the past two years, the number of people living under populist governments has dropped by 800 million. Why? Gülşen Doğan explains the factors helping to overturn authoritarian...
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Is MAGA a Cult? And Is It Making the U.S. Progressively Crazier?
As we all know or sense by now, life in the U.S. is spinning way out of control and is getting crazier by the day. A large part of this growing insanity, it seems to me, emanates directly from Donald...
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Trump Attacks U.S. Democratic Jews While Failing His Own Loyalty Test
Donald Trump’s recent characterization of American Jews who vote for Democrats as people who hate their religion and hate Israel is more than simply another stereotypical, ignorant, and biased rant...
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The Degradation of Our Public Discourse Is Destroying the U.S.
Today there’s much talk about the terrible divisiveness that’s plaguing America and tearing us apart. Everyone knows this, by now, and everyone has strong opinions about what’s causing it. However,...
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The Third Year of the Ukraine War and Its Possible End
By Albrecht Rothacher, The Loop Drawing parallels with the end of the First World War, Albrecht Rothacher looks at the prospects for an end to war in Ukraine. He starts with the worst-case scenario and...
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What the Heck is ‘Accelerationism,’ and Why Is It So Dangerous?
Last week I came across a disturbing CNN.com article with the cheery title “Is the US on the brink of another civil war?” This article covers many frightening aspects of today’s far right and its...
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The U.S. Is a Horribly Haunted and Dysfunctional Nation
“If there’s something strange in your neighborhood, Who you gonna call? … Ghostbusters! If there’s something weird And it don’t look good, Who you gonna call?” From the theme song for “Ghostbusters”...
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Larger Lesson About Tariffs in a Move That Helped Trump, but Not the Country
By Christina Pazzanese | Harvard Staff Writer | Harvard Gazette Researcher details findings on policy that failed to boost U.S. employment even as it scored political points Promising to reduce a...
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Belief in the Myth of Outlaw Heroes Partly Explains Donald Trump’s Die-Hard...
By David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University Before Donald Trump likened himself to Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the former president frequently compared himself with a completely...
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Worrisome Right-Wing Plots to Overthrow the U.S. or Foment Civil War Are Now...
Consider the following small sample of recent ‘normal’ right-wing discourse and planning — just ‘business as usual’ for the vast sedition wing of today’s GOP: * A far-right extremist openly advocates...
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The Quadruple Threat No One Wants to Deal With
I’m not sure if the U.S. government is just playing dumb — or if it really is this stupid and suicidal. I’m also not sure if our vaunted ‘free press’ is just playing dumb — or if it really is this...
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How a Population Ages or Grows Younger: Classic Ansley Coale Paper Finally...
People who teach demography love their classic articles. That methods paper that talks about microfilm and floppy disks, the incredibly intricate dissection of changes in Census data from 1970 to...
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The GOP Has Weaponized the Man Box
Extremist men are coming for our rights and our freedoms. The reason men in the manosphere are so angry at women? Because empowerment for women requires accountability from men. For men, being held...
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