Published

2 years ago

June 6, 2024

Alice Rush

Re: the piece on the left here, a reader notes: I read an article in The Atlantic and European leaders are extremely concerned about Trump winning again. Since Trump doesn’t (face up to) anything he really has absolutely no idea how the other NATO nations fear him being in office again. This especially true because he has repeatedly said he would back out of NATO.

Unfortunately, we are at a point in this country where almost half the electorate is so ignorant that they don’t understand (or care about) our position in the world and what it means for our own national security.

The Rest of the Free World Is Terrified of a Trump Re-election

Renewable Energy

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

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6 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?

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9 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

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13 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.