Published

5 months ago

October 24, 2025

Alice Rush

I admit that there is a great deal I don’t understand the United States at this point, but here’s something that completely eludes me: Trump just commuted the seven+-year prison sentence of George Santos, convicted of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

What did Trump want to communicate to his audience? That he’ll do anything to align himself with pure human scum? That law and order means nothing once you’re a dictator?

I am seriously struggling here. Even my Fox News-loving mother would have, I’m sure, been unable to give me as much as a guess as to why Trump might have done this.

Trump Commutes Sentence of One of America’s Most Disgusting Human Beings

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

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1 day 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

What Makes a President a King?

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1 day 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?

Blaise Pascal, Renaissance Man–Literally

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1 day 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.