by tbeaud | Jun 14, 2022 | American Life, Recent Commentaries
Yesterday a dear and long-time friend sent the following email to a group of college fraternity brothers who, I’m happy to say, remain close and in touch on a regular basis – his email follows: “Butch recently accused me of being an uber liberal,... Read More
by tbeaud | May 9, 2022 | American Life, Recent Commentaries
Bobbi and I are still in Florida and politics are one of the last things on my mind. Still, it’s difficult to get away from the reminders of how badly this administration is harming America. So, today I’m going to talk about a couple of related subjects... Read More
by tbeaud | Apr 25, 2022 | Fun With Language
When a black person uses the term ‘white privilege’ what they are really saying is, that as a white person my perspective on the subject is less valuable because I have not experienced what blacks have experienced. Meanwhile, when white people use the term, its... Read More
by tbeaud | Mar 21, 2022 | Climate Change, Recent Commentaries
A theory is a supposition, or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles and independent of the thing to be explained. But as a practical matter most of us use the term when all we really have is a belief, an idea, a... Read More
by tbeaud | Mar 16, 2022 | American Life, Climate Change, Recent Commentaries
Geopolitics is the study of how geography, culture, economics, resources, and demographics combine to influence world politics. And the reason it is critical for the leader of a nation to have firm grasp of the geopolitical world is that it gives him or her the... Read More
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