My Internet Rants – in Blog Form
In Part Two of my four-part response to One Godless Woman’s “4 Questions for Third Wave Feminists” I explain that while progress toward feminist goals is much further along in the West than it is in Islamic countries, we still Read more
In part one of my four-part response to One Godless Woman’s “4 Questions for Third-Wave Feminists” I explain how the values of a secular society are important to me, and why I don’t single out just Islam for criticism. The Read more
In my latest YouTube video, I explain how with full loyalty to the United States, to my Jewish People, and to everyone else to whom I owe so much as a shred of loyalty – I vehemently oppose Donald Trump, Read more
By what can an Atheist swear that will assure that Atheist’s honesty? As far as Atheists who are realistically affected by this discussion are concerned, I submit that their honor is a very sufficient guarantor. Distrust of Atheists has been Read more
The House bill that would extend the Civil Rights Act protections to LGBTQ people is long overdue – but still it has just about no chance at all of becoming law. Nonetheless, I am glad that the House passed it, Read more
To help counter the epidemic of voter suppression, maybe it is time for an amendment to tie a state’s representation in Congress to the state’s voting population rather than to the state’s general population. The Great State of Tennessee is Read more
Pete Buddigieg believes that Democrats should embrace religion more in order to oust Trump from the United States Presidency. But in reality, such a plan, in addition to being far from certain to succeed, can have long-term consequences that might Read more
Mira Ryczke Kimmelman (September 17, 1923 – April 17, 2019) survived the World War II Holocaust and dedicated the rest of her life to preventing such things from happening again. One thing that has always been true is that there Read more
It is important to have public policy to protect against diseases spread by people who refuse to vaccinate themselves and their children. But it can be disastrous if one allows efforts to enforce such policy to be tainted by the Read more
Every time that there have been calls to abolish the Electoral College, those calls were met with apologetics to justify the retention of that institution. However, as always, upon closer examinations, the arguments put forth by the Electoral College’s apologists Read more