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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…

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
resident Bush is now requesting that all 527s cease their activity,…


A Swift Veer Off Message
ith the emergence of 527 groups, which were born out of the attempts…

Check Box Voting…Contextual Voting
How should we decide where to spend our votes?
My work in…

Passionate Agnosticism
hen asked about my beliefs in God, I describe myself not only…
Trolling & The Star Spangled Banner
/0 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, more perfect, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyA common definition of trolling on the internet is injecting red herrings into an online discussion or debate in order to distract from the prior conversation. It’s an attempt to adds noise to the debate so as to disrupt it. Asserting that taking a knee at a football game is disrespectful of Veterans is […]
Trump The Cuban Missile Crisis
/0 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, more perfect, National, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyNOTE: While there is a humorous tone to this post, I take the issue quite seriously. Trump is simply not fit to be POTUS. This is an attempt to envision the Cuban Missile Crisis under a Trump Presidency. Day 1 President Trump learns on Twitter that Cuba has nuclear weapons. Trump Tweets: “Putin and Cuba are so […]
An Open Letter to Conflicted Republicans…
/4 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, more perfect, National, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyDear Republican Friends… I get that many of you are conflicted. I understand that you dislike the policies of the democratic party, and think that Hillary would take us down a path opposite where you think we should go. I’m being honest; I can sense the gut wrench of your decision, and don’t envy it. […]
Hey Millennials…
/0 Comments/in Articles by Others, Economics, more perfect, National, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyBernie Sanders explains why it’s important that millennials support Hillary Clinton for President.
The Misinformation Age
/3 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, Culture, Life, more perfect, Philosophy, Politics /by TimothyThis age may not be as good for humanity as is commonly assumed. We are in grave danger of being harmed by too much information. Information, on its own, is neither good nor bad. Rather it is either valid or invalid. Signal-to-noise ratio is a measure used in science that compares the level of a […]
A Word Problem for Alt-Left Voters
/0 Comments/in Art, Articles by Timothy, Just For Fun, more perfect, National, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyBilly, an Alt-Left voter, is trying to decide who to vote for in the upcoming Presidential Election. Candidate Green and Billy share the same opinion 100% of the time. Candidate Blue and Billy share the same opinion 75% of the time. Candidate Orange and Billy share the same opinion 0% of the time.
A Trump IRS FOIA Request
/2 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, National, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyOn Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the Internal Revenue Service. The focus of my request is for any documents which confirm that anyone with the last name “Trump” is currently being audited, whether or not such an audit is completed, and a list of names of IRS […]
Karmann Ghia
/0 Comments/in Art, Articles by Timothy, Just For Fun, Life /by Timothy1974 Karmann Ghia…best car I ever owned.
Judging Hillary: They Who Are Without Sin…
/0 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, Culture, Life, National, Political Science, Politics /by TimothyI became angry at a fellow Democrat this weekend… She’s a solid Hillary Clinton supporter, never a doubt that she was going to vote for her. But over drinks, she said what we all hear over and over again about HRC: “She’s a liar, she’s power-hungry, she’s…” You know the list. Dear Everybody…Here are some […]
Proposal for a Fair & Dynamic Market-based Economy
/0 Comments/in Articles by Timothy, Economics, Featured, Life, more perfect, National, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Weverse /by TimothyThe following is consistent with the principles of capitalism. The economy must match the values of the community in which it resides. Those community values are defined in the Constitution both of the Federal Government and the State Government. The economy must also benefit the community as a whole; the existence of a stable market requires the […]