Helicopters on Mars, Cretins on Earth

Republicans are such cruel cretins, and I mean every damned one of them.

 

The Republican Party Is Beyond Redemption

My friend Rob is succinct and accurate.

 

Why the GOP Will Acquit Trump

 

Why the Republicans will acquit even in the face of the overwhelming evidence of Trump's guilt.

Be Yourself, Republicans!

Contrary to popular opinion, Republicans love socialism to pieces. They just hate the idea of anyone outside their tribe getting any of it. It's not socialism they despise. It's the idea of universal human rights.

What Survivors Have in Common

The Hungarian-born psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (pronounced Me-high Cheek-sent-me-high) regards this trait as a key element of the autotelic personality — those internally driven people who have a tendency to engage in an activity for its own sake.

Those who have an autotelic personality are said to experience less stress during their complete absorption in an activity, the state he called “flow.”

What Superheroes Mean

 
It always amazes that some people seem to think that good works can somehow magically appear in a corrupt world without idealism and dreams of courage and daring.

When the Unreal Seems More Real

"The way in which we use this power (of memory and prediction) is apt to destroy all its advantages," Alan Watts said.