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"Many of the regime's policies also violated political,social,and cultural imperatives and taboos that over the decades had become central to southern white identity.Those entrenched beliefs included THE NECESSITY OF KEEPING…

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,600…

I left out Wie weh wird Mir and Oi Weh.but the general idea comes across.The Donald appears to have accomplished a hostile takeover of the G.O.P.He assuredly will use the…

The response of the republican faithful to the Trump candidacy has been startling.Accusations have flown that he is no true conservative,that his acerbic attacks on Mexicans,immigrants in general,and particularly women,…

I have not referred to the "retrospectoscope" for a while.It has become clear that it has a powerful influence on how we respond to current events and on the ease…

In the last several days,I've been watching some interesting stuff on tv.I watched Boro Colorado on Smithsonian and the intricate interrelationships of plants,insects and animals in the Amazon and reheard…

Donald Trump's charge toward 1237 committed delegates appears to have been slowed.Some of this, no doubt,redounds to his Barnum and Bailey showmanship with playing to the proximate audience as his…

The revelations from Panama of the massive efforts on the part of some of the world's rich and powerful to protect their wealth from taxation as well as the ministorm…

Recently I had a conversation with an old friend who is very wealthy.I asked him what  he thought the behavioral motivation was behind any number of human activities.He is a…

Thanks SB for the Ted's blog reference "6 studies on how money affects the mind".In this 2013 presentation social psychologist Paul Piff  gives us 6 Findings , 1 WE RATIONALIZE…