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What Do Donald Trump, The Sightline Institute, Sierra Club of Washington and Columbia River Keeper Have in Common?
They All Want You to Ignore Recent Studies on Climate Change...
An…

Hey Enviros! We need a WIN!
…and it’s Right In Front of Us
Support The Kalama Methanol…

It’s the Tribe, Stupid
Job Growth: Trump Counties v Clinton Counties
Economists often…


Netflix, not Frank Underwood, is the Real Devil
House of Cards is a dangerous and cheap exploitation of ignorance.

Bill Gates Owes Me Money
Bill Gates & Steve Jobs' estate owe me money. A lot of money. And probably you too...

The Measure of a Market
Markets are artificial constructs. The only way to build a productive market is to determine the desired outcome and adjust market regulation along the way.


The Function of Economies
Economies have two primary functions:
1) The efficient delivery…

The Bible is the Original Fake News Site
The Bible is the original Fake News site.

Rise of Berniecrats, Death of Democrats, Ergo, Death of America
The Democratic Party is being severely weakened, and will be unable to mount any serious challenge to the Trump wing of the US.

Jean Baudrillard, Postmodernism and The Wiz
Wherein reading the postmodern philosopher Jean Baudrillard causes me think of the sage words from the 1970's musical The Wiz...


The Fake Theory of Neoliberalism
don't believe that "Neoliberalism" is an actual economic…

The Best Propaganda…
The best propaganda of all is that believed to be true by the…

If She’d JUST Been a Better Candidate!
Topic: Clinton was a Wall Street SHILL! Shilary!
Let’s…

Hey Democrats. Stop apologizing.
illary shouldn't have apologized for the server; what did the…

An Analytical Review of Lincoln Cannon’s “The New God Argument”
uring my exit from Mormonism and for a few years after, I engaged…

Guns Don’t Kill People, Statistics Do
he primary reason given for gun ownership is protection. That…

News Should Look Like News
I want my Newscasters to be grisled and bruised. I want their…

Trolling & The Star Spangled Banner
A common definition of trolling on the internet is injecting…

Trump The Cuban Missile Crisis
NOTE: While there is a humorous tone to this post, I take the…

An Open Letter to Conflicted Republicans…
Dear Republican Friends...
I get that many of you are conflicted.…

Hey Millennials…
Bernie Sanders explains why it's important that millennials support…

The Misinformation Age
his age may not be as good for humanity as is commonly assumed.…

A Word Problem for Alt-Left Voters
illy, an Alt-Left voter, is trying to decide who to vote…

A Trump IRS FOIA Request
n Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, I submitted a Freedom of Information…


Judging Hillary: They Who Are Without Sin…
I became angry at a fellow Democrat this weekend...
he's…

Proposal for a Fair & Dynamic Market-based Economy
he following is consistent with the principles of capitalism. The economy…

Holding Nose? Nonsense…
here's a common narrative this election cycle that most voters…

When Hillary Clinton Wins…
When Hillary Clinton wins this election, she will have beaten…
…

Hillary Clinton & Racism
ecently, in a discussion on racism among recent presidential…

Wikileaks is not Journalism
Wikileaks has been dubbed "Journalism" in an attempt to secure…




Invisibilia: The Problem with the Solution
Americans LOVE solutions. But are there problems we shouldn't…


Progressives Make Progress
f you support candidates and issues that lose, you're not…

The Progressive Coalition: An Invitation
Dear Berniecrats, Green Partiers, Socialist Alternatives, and…

The Kshama Sawant Problem…
Is it time to remove Democratic support for Socialist Sawant?
In…


Voting as Lesser of Evils…
"oting the Lesser of Two Evils..."
This meme is fundamentally…

We. Will. Will we?
e. Will. Will We? We will. Or, we will not. We is choice.
One…

On Bernie, Hillary, Purity and being in Community with We The People…
grew up with an ideologically pure belief system. For years,…

We The People: Persuasion, Not Revolution
he Tea Party on the Right and the Bernie Supporters on the Left…

FDR Wasn’t a Socialist
ernie Sanders and his campaign are fond of comparing themselves…

On Purity and Politics…
nherent in "We The People" is a rejection of purity politics.…

Election Model, Bell Curve Distributed Ideology
Premise: Where voter ideology is distributed along a bell cure,…

The first challenge
he first challenge in a life lived honestly is to unravel our…


Tolerating the intolerant? No.
olerance of intolerance violates the law of noncontradiction.
It's…

An Obstacle to Progress
" know that most men [people], including those at ease with problems…

Invisibilia: How To Become Batman
Alix and Lulu examine the surprising effect our expectations…

Definition of Intelligence
"ntelligence: being able to adapt our behavior to challenges."…

The No Doubt, Improbable Seahawks Win
mprobable Moments in an Unbelievable NFC Championship Game:
First…

The Primacy of Trust
irst, trust. Absent trust, nothing. With trust, the possibility…

Finding The I in We
he wisdom of age, acquired through experience, is not sufficient…

Article: How Politics Makes Us Stupid
ver the course of 10 years, as I tried to make sense of the religion…

Alan Turing, Transforming the System of Government
lan Turing was perhaps one of the greatest minds the human race…

The Opportunity & Danger of New Faith
ne identifying mark of young faith is the idea that those who…

Human Dignity Requires Equality of Economic Opportunity
re you a supporter of basic Human Rights? Do you bristle at racial…

Destroying Plato’s Theory of Forms
This short video succeeds in destroying Plato's Theory of Forms,…

Rilke On The Nature of Two Distinct Beings
Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest…

On Transcience by Sigmund Freud
Note from Timothy: As a child in the mormon religion, it was…

The Chosen Interlocutor
hoose wisely who you debate. Some of their ideas will mingle…

We Hold Onto Each Other a Little Harder…
...I will not let go. I cannot agree with the Buddhist philosophy…

The Value of Discontent
wonder at the value of internal peace and tranquility. While…

Freedom OR Democracy?
THIS conversation is one that we should be having. We need to…

Honest Disagreement…
onest disagreement, open to real discussion, can energize a relationship,…

Opt Out of the GOP
An organization named Generation Opportunity made a video trying…

Tangentially Speaking: Christopher Ryan’s Podcast Interview of me…
y good friend Christopher Ryan, Author of the book Sex At Dawn,…

A Must Read: A Plutocracy Ruled by Self-Centered Jerks
"Two studies released last week confirmed what most of us already…


Dan Savage in Conversation with Andrew Sullivan
This is an amazing conversation; perhaps the pinnacle of modern…


What Is Your Relational Orientation?
he mating and social behavior of animals is of particular…


Makers, Takers, and the Future of American Economics
Note: On September 6, 2016 I published a companion article…


Mr. Romney, Where’s Your DEATH Certificate?
hile researching Mitt Romney's family history for a future post,…

Black Ace. Red Lady.
egas is a cold mistress. Loss expected, we sit at the table anyway.…



The Death Penalty and Human Error
“The death penalty is a human system created by human beings,…

How To Interview Mitt Romney About Sexism
Ask: Could a woman ever be appointed to lead your religion? Should…

Post-Atheist: Moving Beyond Belief
Summary
Asking whether one believes in God is a nonsensical,…

The Violence of Lines
“When people began living in settled agricultural communities,…

Science As A Human Right: Data-driven Governance
Summary
To match the ideals outlined in the U.S. Constitution,…


On Satchels and Sexuality
’m leaning against a bar, swirling Johnnie Walker Black on…

Lakoff & Obama: The Country We Believe In
George Lakoff suggests that Obama's April 13, 2011 speech provides…

How To Interview Mitt Romney About Racism
Summary
Ask: Was the Mormon Church wrong to deny priesthood…

David Frum and the Failure of Conservatism
Summary
David Frum reversed his position on gay marriage. Conservatives…


Why I Choose To Be Progressive
Summary
My theory of Progressivism holds that knowledge improves…

Foundational Values: A More Perfect Union
Summary
The United States has a single foundation: The Constitution.…

Foundational Values: Personal
My Chosen Purpose
My primary purpose is joy.
My secondary…

Racism and the LDS Church. The Mormons!
his is an issue that just won't go away, darn it! That's frustrating…

22 Years, 9 Months, and 28 Days…
hat's how much time passed between Rosa Park's refusal to give…

What is an LDS Feminist?
In relation to my recent entry LDS Male Feminists? Where your…

LDS Male Feminists; Where your heart lies…
recently attended the Sunstone conference in Salt Lake City,…

Gay Rights and Right-wing Wrongs
ight-wing histrionics blog Sound Politics continues its never-ending…

Brokeback Families…
've heard several comments by conservatives, seemingly unable…

Religion and Meaning
s science continues to erode the viable realm of religion, apologists…


A President In Denial
In his weekly radio address, President Bush, today, stated the…

The Magdalene Laundries; A Study in Authoritarian Idealist Regimes
o, I'm late in viewing the movie The Magdalene Sisters. I had…

A Restrospective on an Experience
"Let us lay aside both the guns and the roses of idealism."
I…

Note To Self…if ever "on-the-lam"
f I'm ever a fugitive from justice, and if I ever use the alias…

Manufacturing Votes in King County?
s Republicans are trying any and every argument that they can…

5 People I’d like to Meet…
Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci transcended the normal constraints…

My Articles of Faith
NOTE: This is an old version of my values. There are two newer…

To America
I am your son. I have been raised to value and cherish your ideals.…


Aural Fixation
I just can't get enough of the brit group Zero 7. And, this song…

Too Busy Gathering Material…
ust a quick note to explain the lack of posting lately...
As…

What are you industrious about?
ollowing a poor August, the Republican Convention in NYC, and…

The Manchurian Village
recently saw the remake of the movie The Manchurian Candidate.…
A Swift Kick to Free Speech
/3 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, National, Politics /by TimothyPresident Bush is now requesting that all 527s cease their activity, rather than specifically requesting that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth cease their ads. This request misses the mark by a wide margin; he’s now attacking a foundational principal rather than attacking specific instances of indecency. In the end, I support the concept of […]
Feeding the Beast
/12 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, Economics, Politics /by TimothyI’ve long considered myself a capitalist. By which I’ve meant that I support our system of economic production and distribution which is privately owned and driven by free markets. The success of capitalism seems evident. And yet, as I’ve gained more real-world experience living and making a living in a capitalist society, I’ve begun to […]
A Swift Veer Off Message
/in Articles by Timothy, more perfect, National, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyWith the emergence of 527 groups, which were born out of the attempts to better regulate campaign contributions, I’m not sure we’ve really taken a step forward in making our elections more fair or voters better informed. These groups will likely become the bogeymen of political consultant’s worst nightmares. Often, a campaign’s biggest problems are […]
Check Box Voting…Contextual Voting
/in Articles by Timothy, more perfect, National, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyHow should we decide where to spend our votes? My work in political consulting has given me an inside view of electoral politics. On behalf of my current client, I’ve spent the year making pitches to various special-interest groups, often with radically differing views of what they want government to do. These groups tend to […]
Passionate Agnosticism
/12 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, Life, Philosophy, Religion /by TimothyWhen asked about my beliefs in God, I describe myself not only as an agnostic, but as a passionate agnostic. Many chuckle when I say this, thinking it an oxymoron. I of course, passionately disagree! Claimed knowledge should be justified. If we don’t have adequate data to justify a claimed belief, we harm ourselves and […]