Originally posted on Another Godless Liberal: Sigh, okay. Here goes —  I am about to attempt something genuinely radical, folks. It’s going to require some “nuance”, yes, and some critical thinking – on both my part and yours. Because, dear reader, I am about to assume the heretical role of defending an accused sexual assaulter ..read more

“Most people would rather be wrong than be different.”                                                                               – Henry Jacobsen ~ It has been ..read more

Posted below are excerpts from a paper I am currently working on. This is a work in progress, and is wide-open to critique/criticism. Abstract This paper advances the argument that the dramatic rise in political polarization observed across a number of advanced democracies in the decade since the financial crisis of 2007-9 is not best ..read more

    Good luck out there fam. – B ..read more

Three noteworthy, as-reported averages: WORLDWIDE: 3.4%  SOUTH KOREA: 0.77% ITALY: 7.3%  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Question: Do these figures accurately reflect COVID-19’s average death rate? If not, how far off are they, and how much further off could they become?   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE COUNTERARGUMENT: Many serious people have been making the argument that COVID-19’s true death rate is likely ..read more

~ As we barrel towards the general election this November, Democrats would do well to avoid repeating history in terms of their approach to framing Trump. The following attack lines were relied on heavily last time around, and everybody knows how that worked out. I’ll save my half-baked theories on what more effective messaging might ..read more

Sigh, okay. Here goes —  I am about to attempt something genuinely radical, folks. It’s going to require some “nuance”, yes, and some critical thinking – on both my part and yours. Because, dear reader, I am about to assume the heretical role of defending an accused sexual assaulter, on the heels of an article ..read more

It’s not as if I actually needed more evidence that the bible-thumping, God-fearing, fire-and-brimstone slinging ideologues of the American Right have never had a moral leg to stand on. But the allegations surrounding Senate-hopeful/Creepy Uncle Roy Moore – and worse, the evangelical response to these allegations –  rid my mind of all remaining doubt. We’re ..read more

“Most people would rather be wrong than be different.”                                                                               -Henry Jacobsen It has been said that ..read more

  straight nastyyy ..read more