This image of Trump and Biden was taken during the 2020 presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn. Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Leo Gugerty, Clemson University Some Americans are questioning whether elderly people like Joe Biden and Donald Trump are cognitively competent to be president amid reports of the candidates … [Read more...] about Biden and Trump may forget names or personal details, but here is what really matters in assessing whether they’re cognitively up for the job
ANTISEMITISM SUCKS
ANTISEMITISM SUCKS Nothing is new They blame the Jew While we are only a few They wish what we knew. When they’re in trouble And feel they’re in a bubble They do what they normally do They call the Jew. Maybe they should grow up And face the facts And get off our backs We’ve taken our licks And used no tricks. Our secret is Hitting the books We read and … [Read more...] about ANTISEMITISM SUCKS
Love and Marriage Near Normandy’s D-Day Beaches
Readers have been flooded with dozens of heartrending stories about “that Day” eighty years ago. The stories are about bravery, sacrifice, heroism, selflessness, patriotism and, yes, tragedy and death. I cannot resist burdening the reader with one more story related to the “Longest Day.” This one, however, is about love and marriage a mere 35 miles (as a crow flies) … [Read more...] about Love and Marriage Near Normandy’s D-Day Beaches
AI chatbots are intruding into online communities where people are trying to connect with other humans: report
AI chatbots are butting into human spaces. gmast3r/iStock via Getty Images A parent asked a question in a private Facebook group in April 2024: Does anyone with a child who is both gifted and disabled have any experience with New York City public schools? The parent received a seemingly helpful answer that laid out some characteristics of a … [Read more...] about AI chatbots are intruding into online communities where people are trying to connect with other humans: report
LGBTQ+ Christians exist.
LGBTQ+ Christians exist despite contrary claims coming from within Christendom. Those contrary claims do not match the Bible's Good News. Before one continues reading this commentary, keep in mind that Christendom is not the same thing as faith in Jesus. Christendom is the accumulation of ideas and traditions developed by people after the Apostolic Era ended. Ideas and … [Read more...] about LGBTQ+ Christians exist.
News organizations ignore ProPublica ‘bombshell’ about possible witness tampering
On June 3, ProPublica told the world that witnesses against Donald Trump had received monetary rewards "including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company." Mainstream news organizations seem to be playing "not my scoop, not my story." That's bad for democracy. No Washington Post or New York … [Read more...] about News organizations ignore ProPublica ‘bombshell’ about possible witness tampering
ProPublica: Nine Trump witnesses have received significant financial benefits from his businesses, campaign
If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime. Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company. The benefits have flowed from Trump’s … [Read more...] about ProPublica: Nine Trump witnesses have received significant financial benefits from his businesses, campaign
Yes He Did (Cartoon, Column and Video)
Donald Trump now claims he never said “lock her up.” Fox and Friends co-host Will Cain said, “You famously said, regarding Hillary Clinton, ‘lock her up.’ You declined to do that as president.” To that, Trump said, “I beat her. It’s easier when you win. They all said ‘Lock her up’—and I could have done it—but I felt it would have been a terrible thing, and then this … [Read more...] about Yes He Did (Cartoon, Column and Video)
The MAGA movement extolls lies, White supremacy. This time, it’s Kari Lake.
Last week, Arizona Senatorial candidate Kari Lake (R) held a campaign event at a Trump merchandise store where the modern Confederate flag was both displayed behind her and for sale. Like a broken record, Lake claimed that she won the 2022 gubernatorial race and that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential contest, despite repeated court decisions that should have buried … [Read more...] about The MAGA movement extolls lies, White supremacy. This time, it’s Kari Lake.
D-Day 2024 in Photos
We will always remember D-Day as one of the most noble and consequential days in recent history. On the 80th anniversary we felt the gamut of emotions. But what is perhaps the most poignant to this writer is the realization that those young, dapper, unafraid troops who stormed the beaches eighty years ago – some as young as seventeen -- are now gentle, beautiful … [Read more...] about D-Day 2024 in Photos
Emigration: The hidden catalyst behind the rise of the radical right in Europe’s depopulating regions
Smaller towns and villages in Sweden have suffered economically as a result of out-migration. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images Rafaela Dancygier, Princeton University and David Laitin, Stanford University Earlier this spring, the European Parliament voted to overhaul its immigration policy to more evenly distribute responsibility … [Read more...] about Emigration: The hidden catalyst behind the rise of the radical right in Europe’s depopulating regions
All shook up? UK’s Nigel Farage is the latest to bear the brunt of pelting as popular politics
Right-wing British politician Nigel Farage is hit in the face with a milkshake during his general election campaign launch in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, on June 4, 2024. Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images Nusrat S. Chowdhury, Amherst College Nigel Farage, a U.K. politician known for his populist anti-European Union rhetoric, … [Read more...] about All shook up? UK’s Nigel Farage is the latest to bear the brunt of pelting as popular politics
Memories, Remembrances and Harking Back to a Day Eighty Years Ago
It might be my imagination, but it seems to me that on this 80th anniversary of D-Day the number of commemorative articles, documentaries, videos, etc. about that War, about that Day and, most of all, about those men who fought and died that Day is greater than ever, and their nature more reflective and more nostalgic. Perhaps it is a harking back to the Greatest Generation, … [Read more...] about Memories, Remembrances and Harking Back to a Day Eighty Years Ago
A LITTLE GIRL
' A LITTLE GIRL MTG That’s me I’m like a little girl Who wants to be treated like a pearl. Can’t you see What it’s like to be me? Just to mention That I crave so much attention. I would use a rattle As part of the battle For you not to say It does not pay Today or any day. I know it’s a shame That I act so lame Stupid is Stupid does That is the … [Read more...] about A LITTLE GIRL
TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS TO DEMOCRATS: “WE’RE GOING TO LOCK YOU UP”
Friedrich Nietzsche said: "Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment." In recent interviews on both the conservative news network Newsmax and Sean Hannity's Fox News show, Trump has made it clear that he intends to go after Democrats and try and lock them up. And - as is now the custom and the new normal - other Republicans have picked up … [Read more...] about TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS TO DEMOCRATS: “WE’RE GOING TO LOCK YOU UP”
A Theory How The Big Bang Theory Prequel Could Have Ended
Young Sheldon puts the “cop out” in cop out. This Big Bang Theory prequel has been chock-full of contradictions from the start. In The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon reveals he caught his dad in bed with another woman. All Young Sheldon viewers were bracing for themselves for this. Sheldon openly says it happened on The Big Bang Theory. There logically (as Spock would say) must be an … [Read more...] about A Theory How The Big Bang Theory Prequel Could Have Ended
Book Review: D-DAY GIRLS: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
More than three years before the Allies launched the single largest, most epic amphibious invasion in the history of mankind -- the Normandy Invasion -- the mission was already a twinkle in British eyes. In March 1942, on the BBC evening news, an urgent call went out to the British people on behalf of the Royal Navy. It was asking Britons to send to the government any photos … [Read more...] about Book Review: D-DAY GIRLS: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II
Trump’s rhetoric after his felony conviction is designed to distract, stoke fear and ease the way for an anti-democratic strongman
Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York on May 30, 2024, after being found guilty on 34 felony counts. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University After a jury convicted Donald Trump of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a politically damaging relationship, he responded by … [Read more...] about Trump’s rhetoric after his felony conviction is designed to distract, stoke fear and ease the way for an anti-democratic strongman
Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power
Supporters of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party dance at a party office in Guwahati, India, during counting of India’s national election on June 4, 2024. AP Photo/Anupam Nath Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, had hoped for a landslide victory in the country’s six-week general election – the … [Read more...] about Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power
