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by | Jul 8, 2020

Last Thursday, the National Football League (NFL)  announced its decision to play the “black national anthem” before the United States national anthem at week one games starting September 10, among other social-justice moves.  Dubbed the “Black National Anthem,” “Lift Every…

by | Feb 10, 2020

Last night at approximately 11:15 p.m. EST, Joaquin Phoenix was awarded the Oscar for Best Actor, eliciting thunderous applause — which he abruptly and rudely silenced to begin an oration that would include opinions on the insemination of cows and…

by | Jan 7, 2020

“I have not always been a virtuous man,” Joaquin Phoenix confessed during his Golden Globe acceptance speech for his starring role in the Joker movie. “I’m learning so much,” Phoenix continued, “so many of you in this room have given…

by | Aug 14, 2019

Rosanna Arquette is an actress best known for playing the lead in Desperately Seeking Susan, a 1985 film in which Madonna played Susan, a young woman enjoying a riotous bohemian life. Madonna has since “stayed in character,” earning a fortune…

by | May 23, 2019

The Goal of Life Should Be to Improve One’s Soul, to Become a Better Person. Although I am a political junkie and, going back to my early teens, always have been, this generation often makes me rue ever having taken…

by | Mar 2, 2019

From Chicago to San Francisco, several cities across the nation have started to replace some or all their diesel bus fleets with rechargeable battery-powered buses. Why? For the noble quest to reduce the use of fossil fuels to fight anthropogenic…

by | Jan 31, 2019

Ever since virtue signaling became a thing, and a sin, on both sides of the Atlantic, I’ve been determined never to indulge. Why? Because it’s the preserve of the needy and weak, and those who are more concerned with talking…

by | Sep 10, 2018

Last month, protesters at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill took it upon themselves to pull down a controversial 1913 memorial to alumni killed in the Civil War. The university carted the bronze soldier away on a flatbed…

by | Feb 23, 2018

One key to understanding much of the bewildering behavior we see around us is to recognize the power and popularity of “virtue signaling.” Keeping virtue signaling in mind will help you understand a lot of behavior that otherwise makes no…

by | Jun 29, 2017

Sacramento Politicians in several states this week have had a great time laughing at the latest zaniness implemented in California, and who can blame them? “California may be able to stop their state employees, but they can’t stop all the…

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