Published

2 years ago

June 25, 2024

Alice Rush

You and I may agree with the meme here, but let’s be real: You could replace “Trump” with “Biden” and the MAGA crowd would be just as adamant.

What this means is that, though we talk about independent voters, they exist in extremely small numbers, if they exist at all.

We’re told that there are people who on the fence about Biden because he’s too old. I’m unconvinced, reminded of the old joke:

To be on the fence in this case is like being asked to choose between two dishes on a cross-country flight, chicken, or a plate of dogs**t, infused with shards of broken glass, and then to ask how the chicken is prepared.

Are There Really Any “Independent Voters?”

Renewable Energy

Is Bullying a Bad Thing? Not if We Want a Society of Brutality

Published

8 hours ago

March 28, 2026

Alice Rush

Does this guy have a solid point?

Is war a bad thing? What about rape and torture?

Do they point to weaknesses that must be strengthened?

Is Bullying a Bad Thing? Not if We Want a Society of Brutality

Renewable Energy

What Makes a President a King?

Published

11 hours ago

March 28, 2026

Alice Rush

Maybe the protestors are less concerned about length of time in office, and more with criminal authoritarianism.

What Makes a President a King?

Renewable Energy

Blaise Pascal, Renaissance Man–Literally

Published

15 hours ago

March 28, 2026

Alice Rush

I have such respect for Pascal that I considered naming our son after him. (My wife wasn’t having it. Maybe if we lived in France?)

Pascal made important contributions to both math and physics but he’s perhaps best known for his philosophic “wager,” that it makes sense to believe in God, since if He exists, you’ll be very glad you did, and if He doesn’t, you haven’t lost anything. I counter that this is not how we accept or reject religious tenets.