America’s system of electing presidents is responsible for there being two major political parties, and increasing polarization of Republicans and Democrats — who virtually hate each other now — has brought that system to the verge of collapse, writes Lee Drutman, a political scien[...]
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October 8th, 2020 - 9:24 pm § in Science
The average American doesn’t give a damn about singularities
The average American doesn’t win a Nobel Prize, either. Singularities are the beating hearts of black holes. Well, okay, I’m being literary. They’re at the heart of black holes. They are the black hole. A black hole is sort of like a car that’s gone through a crusher, except [...]
October 8th, 2020 - 7:54 pm § in Misc., Schools & Colleges
American poet wins Nobel Prize
American poet Louise Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” Read story here. She teaches, and is writer in residence, at Yale University. Read her Wikipedia bio here. Return to The-Ave.US Hom[...]
Will Red America secede?
In this essay, a liberal journalist asks a conservative intellectual probing questions about whether America has a future. I’ll start with my own caveat: No one, not even the smartest and best educated among us, knows the future with certainty. We who read about history quickly realize that ev[...]
September 17th, 2020 - 5:34 am § in Misc.
Walking a tightrope between America’s two competing philosophies
The greatest task of the Founding Fathers and all who’ve come since was welding together a nation of rugged individualists. They largely succeeded. America is the world’s greatest superpower, most prosperous society, and for generations its citizens have been safe from foreign in[...]
Germany declares war on American!
“Model case of stupidity!” A 26-year-old American woman who knew she had Covid-19 but flouted Bavarian quarantine rules and went bar-crawling in town has infected at least five dozen Germans and authorities there are not happy. “Model case of stupidity,” Bavaria’s gover[...]
September 12th, 2020 - 4:35 pm § in Politics
America’s political geography
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September 2nd, 2020 - 11:33 pm § in Humor
From “The Onion” Archives: “Rotation of Earth Throws Entire North American Continent into Darkness”
NEW YORK—Millions of eyewitnesses watched in stunned horror Tuesday as light emptied from the sky, plunging the U.S. and neighboring countries into darkness. As the hours progressed, conditions only worsened. At approximately 4:20 p.m. EST, the sun began to lower from its position in the sky in a [...]
Trump’s “MIB” fantasy flight vs. the real danger to America’s stability
This article contains news and liberal commentary with a touch of biting satire. Author’s note: This is one of my major recent writing efforts. Despite the title, it is wide-ranging. Topics include Trump’s baseless claim about a planeload of “antifa thugs,” Joe Biden accusing[...]