Progressive

March 6, 2020April 18, 2020

The DNC Is Evil But Bernie Has A Problem With Votes Not A Conspiracy

After Super Tuesday, my Facebook and Twitter feed was a cacophony of gnashing teeth and abject depression. Most of the people in my feeds support Bernie Sanders and he got pummeled on Tuesday by Joe Biden. Most of the complaints began and ended with the Democratic National Committee putting a thumb on the scale and that they never liked him. The DNC is evil but Bernie’s performance at the polls on Tuesday was the old school lack of votes.

August 15, 2019April 18, 2020

You Can’t Claim To Be A Middle Aged White Person And Not Know There Is Racism

This month I attended a secular conference. While I enjoyed myself, learned some new things, and met some new people, one conference speaker almost spoiled the whole thing for me.

This conference was right in my wheel house. It focused on being a secular person and on social justice. It definitely had a liberal bent which I rarely have a problem with.

April 18, 2019April 18, 2020

Pro-Truth Pledge Panders To Conservatives

A few years back, I took the Pro-Truth Pledge (PTP). It is a group founded by a friend of mine to try and promote truth and facts in our civil discourse – including politics. It’s suppose to be non-partisan but it seems that truth and facts have a liberal bias if the content of a recent email I got is any indication.

January 31, 2019February 27, 2019

Duverger’s Law Is Why Voting For Dr. Jill Stein Will Never Change Things

Dr. Jill Stein – Green Party Candidate in 2016

When arguing with friends why they shouldn’t support 3rd party candidates in the national elections, I never had any solid evidence why it would never work. They made good points about principles and needing to ‘send a message’ but Duverger’s Law is concrete proof that voting 3rd party, in our current election system, is plain dumb and helps give us elected people like Donald Trump.