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Zip ties and duct tape, life lessons from racing cars
We spent Saturday morning wondering what hell could be wrong with our car and perhaps more importantly, could we fix it? This wasn’t merely an academic question. If we were unable to figure out, our weekend would’ve been over almost before it began. On Saturday morning, my brother and I were stuck in the garage at…
Why I don’t give a crap about the gerrymander wars
At this point, the only thing I really want to see is an end to the self-righteous sanctimony and an open admission that the gerrymander wars are what politics is always about, power, plain and simple. Last week Virginia upended the midterms by narrowly passing a referendum to the state constitution that allows for a…
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…
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Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 