For over half a century now, overturning Roe v. Wade has been the Holy Grail of the religious right. In the interim, religion-driven rightwing fanatics have bombed and torched abortion clinics, murdered abortion doctors, and harassed abortion clinic workers and patients in God’s name. I have n[...]
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November 16th, 2018 - 12:55 pm § in Uncategorized
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Revisiting abortion on FACEBOOK
Avi Ibrahim Balser, a dear Facebook friend, and I have been debating the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision on abortion. Avi says he stands by Byron White’s opposition opinion. Avi may be surprised that I agree with Justice White that the decision was certainly not in the intent of the authors of[...]
May 23rd, 2018 - 10:41 pm § in Donald Trump, The Ave Scene
GOP Candidate for Senate Blows Bad Breath at Senator Cantwell
Susan Hutchison’s absurd bashing of Maria Cantwell shows how Trumplike she’s become Nine years ago, when Susan Hutchison was running for King County Executive, she did her best to portray herself as a reasonable Republican capable of governing Washington’s largest jurisdiction. Notably, the fo[...]
May 23rd, 2018 - 1:03 pm § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Sexual McCarthyism
A Harvard economics researcher has been accused of making “sexually inappropriate” comments Roland Fryer is accused of creating a hostile work environment at his Harvard lab. Whatever the truth, the saddest thing is that the review of what could be real issues is being conducted by administrat[...]
Trump’s Axis of Fawning Loyalists
Trump Wars Ask Rex Tillerson about patriotic service in the era of Trump. Now foreign policy is in Trump’s tiny hands, alongside his tweet machine. His advisors, Pompeo and Bolton are competent but play more of the role of Court Jesters to Charlemagne then independent advisers. Both o[...]
April 29th, 2018 - 1:08 am § in Religion
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: The Real World Problem of Immaculate Conception in Israel
Raising Israel’s Posthumously Conceived Children A landmark ruling in Israel has allowed babies to be conceived from frozen embryos or sperm collected from the now deceased. But as the number of these children grows, it is raising thorny questions. Is it ethical to conceive a child who will be[...]
March 27th, 2018 - 12:30 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
The History Behind My Conflict With the UW
I have filed a complaint against the UW administration for its violations of the law and harm done to me by false accusations even after the administration’s investigators exonerated me. This biography explains why I feel so strongly about my reputation. Stephen M. Schwartz Professor of P[...]
March 9th, 2018 - 12:01 pm § in Politics
Can Trump Take The Stage as a World Leader?
This is high stakes, end of the world, diplomacy. Whatever you think of Trump, talking with Kim Jung Un could be the event that puts DJT into history, for good or bad! The problem is that Trump is about as ignorant as any one can be about foreign policy. The Koreas are only part of […][...]
December 25th, 2017 - 1:57 am § in Misc.
A Christmas Tank-Top Miracle
There’s no other way to explain it: man and shirt reunited in a tale I call: A Christmas Tank-Top Miracle or The Re-Gift of The Magi It was a day not unlike the others around here. Big lunch of a cow’s foot, with assorted parts (I ask no questions) in its own gelee, rice and […][...]
May 16th, 2017 - 8:19 am § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs
Daily Tweet: Trumps His Advisers, Brags That HE Has Right to Breech Security
McMaster was one of three American officials who sat in on the meeting withe the Russian spy master and foreign minister. After the meeting the Washington Post and NY Times broke stories claiming that Trump had given the Russians ultra high, critical security information. As soon as the stories appe[...]