Avoiding Trouble from Twitter Bots.

Here’s what I mean by abuse. — I keep DMs open on social media because I want other writers and readers to be able to message me without my having to share my email address. But with over 35,000 followers on social media, I have to block those who abuse DMs I’m sure it is difficult to…

It’s Easy to See What Is. Why Do so Few See What Could Be? — I’m a little over halfway through Future Shock; shocking though it might be that I delayed reading the bestseller for 52 years. For those who haven’t read it or who read it so long ago, you no longer recall what it said; I can provide a brief snapshot of my…

Learn When We Were Great and Why We Faded. — Ronald Reagan famously said, “America is a shining city upon a hill whose beacon light guides freedom-loving people everywhere.” It was when it was founded, but it has not merited such praise for a very long time. Let’s relight that beacon of greatness. Right now, you might be asking yourself…

TAG, Transcendental Arguments for the Existence of God — TAG arguments for a god assume that A is required for B to exist. B exists; therefore, A must necessarily exist. The devil is in the details of the two premises. TAG arguments take the form of a syllogism, and there is nothing wrong with using syllogistic logic. So long…

Why is Big Media Propaganda Helping Them? — Of course, the media, giddy about the GOP’s embrace of fascism, will falsely claim Joe Biden’s ‘reckless spending’ is causing US inflation. They will insist the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — the primary drivers of inflation — had little or nothing to do with it. They will pretend…

Curb pollution now, or most of Earth’s 7.9 billion humans will die. — It’s sweltering here in usually cool New England — and just about everywhere else in the Northern Hemisphere. Hell, even the Southern Hemisphere is cooking, and it’s supposed to be the middle of their winter. …

I Do, and Power Thesaurus Is a Huge Help Finding Word Heaven Dear Medium writers, how many of you are aware of Power Thesaurus? If it’s new to you, as it was to me, give it a try when you have a concept in mind but are searching for the perfect word to express it. It’s not your run-of-the-mill online thesaurus, For…