[NOTE: In 2008, Al McCoy was a main speaker at a conference on U. S. torture that I helped organize. Both his talk and his academic record marked him as a scholar to reckon with on matters of foreign policy and empire. This record drew me to this new analysis of the rapid shifts of … Continue reading Alfred McCoy on the Rise of China
This doesn’t pass the smell test . . . – – – – Let’s all bow our heads . . . And hold on tight to our wallets . . . – – – – Clearly a great artist was born . . . – – – – “My last typed sentence started with, ‘Thanks … Continue reading Weekend Cartoon Break!
[NOTE: Anybody, especially a church bureaucrat or official, who tells you that Big Christianity, Catholic & Protestant, is not cracking apart over LGBT and associated issues, is either terribly under-informed, or putting you on. Such happy-or “We (& Jesus)-can work-it-out” talk is red-flag stuff, a warning that either their competence or their candor, or … Continue reading Two Clashing Religious Views: An Asian American Apostate Speaks; and Anglican & Catholic Internal Splits: Big Crashes Ahead? Two Perspectives
What Goes ‘Moo’ And Then Explodes? Gwynne Dyer — April 21, 2024 “When I do a puzzle with my daughters, there is usually an elephant next to a giraffe next to a rhino,” said Prof. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science. “But if I was trying to give them a more realistic sense … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Cows that Blow Up, and Could Blast Our Future
Washington Post — April 18, 2023 Clarence Thomas’s explanations fail the laugh test . Eugene Robinson During his much-too-long tenure on the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas has been totally, tragically wrong about almost everything. But for a long time, I tried to convince myself that he was at least sincere in his deplorable ideology. Silly … Continue reading Eugene Robinson on Clarence Thomas: Not Funny