Monthly Archives: February 2017

What would it get you to change your mind?

Posted on February 17, 2017 by BigBill

I’ve written a lot here about critical thinking, and how we seem to have lost that facility in our society. Or maybe not lost completely, but it sure seems to be in pretty short supply. It seems to me that … Continue reading →

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I’m with Stupid

Posted on February 9, 2017 by BigBill

I wrote a few posts ago that what made me disheartened with this recent election is the apparent willingness of voters to embrace stupidity and lack of critical thinking, even to the point of making ignorance an asset rather than a liability. I … Continue reading →

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“He will never, ever, let you down.”

Posted on February 3, 2017 by BigBill

At the Republican convention, we heard Trump’s wife Melania say that about her husband in her speech (that, by the way, shamelessly plagiarized Michelle Obama). The full quote from the transcript of her speech is “He will never, ever give … Continue reading →

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