What does psychology tell us about the differences between conservatives and liberals in relationship to BlackLivesMatter (BLM) and Colin Kaepernick? Conservatives place a very high value on tradition, sameness (both congruity of group and congruity of situation), and loyalty. Liberals place a high value on things like social justice and equality. That doesn’t mean that […]
I recently read a summary of a scientific study that confirmed what I think most of us already knew. Conservatives and liberals are wired differently at a very core level that is very difficult to change. As the name suggests, conservatives like for things to stay the same. Conservatives are also very wary of any […]
There is a big elephant in the room of the 2016 election that nobody has noticed yet. The down-ticket races. For the uninformed, the Presidential election is at the top of the ballot during an election. All of the other positions, such as Congress, are called the down-ticket races. The vast majority, probably in excess […]
Americans have 2 big decisions to make this election season. The first is rather obvious. Establishment vs outsiders. Are we satisfied with the “system” as it stands right now or do we want to change the system. Do we want a President who is going to fiddle around the edges but largely keep things exactly […]
I am going to be honest. I don’t support Hillary Clinton. I think she is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wall St. I think she makes Mitt Romney look like a rock of consistency and that she will do or say anything to get elected. I think she is republican light and her recent lurch […]
Anjem Choudary penned a letter after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in support of the attackers. That letter can be seen here. This is my response him and the fundamentalists whom he supports. As well as fundamentalist from other religions who have in one way or another supported the attacks. Mr. Choudary, You say that the […]
One thing I have noticed is that people (myself included) really have no sense of scale. We do fine on things that we can actually see, but when something is too big or too small for us to see completely, we very quickly fail to really understand. This even applies to things that we think […]
I was trying to decide on what to write about in the 15 years worth of topics backlog in my brain. After the recent stupidity with the government shutdown, lead by the best and brightest of the Tea Party collective, the birther contingent is an easy target to write about. Amazingly, 5 years in, there […]
I started a petition to demand a new amendment to the constitution. The amendment strips the power to manipulate elections from the politicians and political parties and makes the presidency and congress truly representative of the people. The political landscape in this country has become polarized to cater to the most extreme and the politically […]