Early Childhood Memories: Autobiographical, Imagined, or Quantum Entanglement?

In recalling and explaining early childhood memories, we need to ask some metaphysical questions — about consciousness and reality itself!

War, What Is It Good For?

I belong to the generation that fondly remembers Edwin Starr’s 1970 Motown hit, “War.”  It was meaningful to our Vietnam generation because it both reflected our predominant philosophy of war (generally pacifist) and apparently justified our antipathy toward the specific American war of the age. It was most likely recorded and marketed with that zeitgeistContinue reading “War, What Is It Good For?”

Class Struggle Doesn’t Go Away, It Just Evolves

The world has changed much since Marx and Engels published their Communist Manifesto in 1848 — but it doesn’t mean they were wrong!

Cars: Looking into the Future

Converting the world to EVs may take too long — and the U.S. auto industry is probably not up to the task, anyway — how about changing the way we live?

2023 Election Results: Winners, Losers, and Looking Ahead

More than one week after 2023 election day has passed — it’s now past the news cycle expiration date, but still worth contemplating trends for 2024.

Defeating Populism … Really?

Important to remember that populism is a tool, not an ideology — and not necessarily incompatible with democracy …

Good Faith and Bad Faith Arguments

Those of us who immerse ourselves in journalism and opinion pieces sometimes ask what is true, and what isn’t — or what is MORE TRUE vs. LESS TRUE!

Moving the Overton Window

We use Joseph Overton’s invention much more broadly than he ever intended — because it works for explaining political and social dynamics!