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Category: Offhand Thoughts

  • MAGA’s “Colorblind Constitution”

    Surely you’ve heard about the illegitimate Supreme Court finishing off the Voting Rights Act once and for all, calling it a victory for the “colorblind Constitution.” Sounds great, right? Wrong. What MAGA means by a “colorblind Constitution” and a “colorblind society” is a government that pretends that racial discrimination and persecution do not exist. MAGA’s…

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  • Congressional Republicans Are NOT Cowards

    Let’s dissipate a myth and a misconception among the Left that persists despite years of literally being face to face with the correct answer: Republicans in Congress are not refusing to impeach or participate in 25th Amendment proceedings because they are cowards, “too afraid to stand up to him.” They refuse to do so because…

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  • Don’t Be Cowed by AI

    (Or, don’t let intellectual laziness masquerade as an artificial outward appearance of hyper-knowledge.) Suddenly, everyone’s doing it. Using lazy tools like Perplexity or Copilot may look impressive enough to intimidate most people from even challenging what had been presented. AI is insidious on every level – Nothing about it has the general public as its…

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  • Off the Cuff: At this point, I think that our nation has only a 50% chance of surviving intact.

    (Mild humor at end.) The Confederation of Constitutional Democratic States, as I call it, will continue to expand, become better and better organized, and develop systems of mutual aid. At least one Canadian lawmaker would like to see California, Oregon, and Washington join Canada as a new province. I would celebrate that. More invitations will…

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