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Progressives have become what they claim to hate when it comes to promoting conspiracy theories at least
Ten years ago, progressives mocked conservatives when a relatively small percentage embraced a bizarre theory known as “Pizzagate,” but now, they reflexively claim every assassination attempt on President Trump is a conspiracy. Ten years ago, progressives were fond of mocking conservatives when a relatively small percentage of Trump supporters embraced a bizarre conspiracy theory known as…
The chimpanzee civil war in Uganda explains a lot about our current politics and the dark heart in us all
While it might be convenient to attribute human conflict to religion, culture, or resources, the reality that chimpanzees go to war seems to suggest more fundamental reasons. Sometimes we are prone to believe that humans have an innate capacity for violence beyond other creatures on this Earth, that there is something uniquely dark in our…
Springsteen: The good, the bad, and the ridiculously Trump-deranged at the Prudential Center
He’s a story telling genius trapped in a real-life narrative he simply can’t understand, reducing a rock legend to the equivalent of a spoiled teenager, but at least the man can still sing and that counts for something despite his ramblings. There isn’t a 76 year old rockstar on the planet that can put on…
Iran: The experts have been wrong about almost everything
It’s almost impossible to know where to begin with the sheer multitude of increasingly hysterical claims regarding both the day to day performance of our campaign and the broader economic and geopolitical repercussions, many of which were ridiculous from the start. As the conflict in Iran enters the third week of a shaky ceasefire with…
Iran: Is it all over but the crying?
While we remain at war, why do the markets seem optimistic about the future when they should be pessimistic in the face of these concerns, and is this an optimism that can last or simply a calm in the storm? Though last weekend’s peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan failed to produce a deal between the…
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Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 