On Friday, December 13, 2024, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, an appeal from a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that this religious employer isn’t exempt from unemployment taxes (details here).[...]
Archive for December, 2024
Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity (video)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (bio here) was an influential German Lutheran theologian and writer murdered by the Nazis. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
December 17th, 2024 - 9:47 pm § in America, Biden, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Republicans
Kamala Harris won’t be president
Kamala Harris will never be president. I’m not saying she won’t run; but if she does, she won’t be elected. The 2024 election proved it. Sure, she was dealt a tough hand to play, and played it better than anyone had a right to expect. She was a last-minute nominee, saddled with Bid[...]
The five fundamental laws of human stupidity (video)
Are Americans getting dumber? It’s more mathematical then you think. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
A brief primer on oligarchy by Aristotle (video)
Government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich. How we got there. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Why Democrats lost Latinos and Asians in 2024
Working-class Latino and Asian neighborhoods in Southeast Los Angeles went heavily for Trump in 2024, probably mirroring what happened across the country. Historically, the Democrats have been the party of the working class, while Republicans were the party of the rich. In policy terms, that hasn[...]
Don’t buy gas in Ohio (video)
Because you may be buying gas with water in it, and expensive repairs. Two other states don’t test gasoline quality, either: Alaska and Nebraska. Aren’t you glad you live in Washington, a state with strong consumer protection laws? (Read story here and watch video below.) Return to The-A[...]
December 15th, 2024 - 9:03 pm § in Misc.
Musk lobbies for big gov’t favors
Elon Musk spent $250 million to elect Trump in 2024. It was a business investment from which he expects to reap huge financial profits, not a campaign donation motivated by personal friendship or political beliefs. Besides tax cuts, USA Today reported on Sunday, December 15, 2024, that Trump’s[...]
Did Stephanopoulis defame Trump by saying he “raped” E. Jean Carroll?
It certainly looked that way when ABC News agreed last week to settle Trump’s defamation lawsuit for $15 million (plus $1 million for Trump’s attorney fees). But not so fast. At issue was whether ABC journalist George Stephanopoulis defamed him by insisting, during a televised interview [...]