What form of government do Americans want?

I asked Zonk, my LLM.

Around 21-25% of Americans favor a system where the president has unilateral power, akin to a dictatorship. This percentage is relatively consistent across different polls. Here’s a breakdown {{IE_0}}¹{{/IE_0}} {{IE_1}}²{{/IE_1}} {{IE_2}}³{{/IE_2}}:
– Support for Au…[Read more]

Yes, it’s frightening how quickly all the rich and powerful (except Rupert Murdoch) are spinelessly caving in to kiss the orange arse.  After Trump’s reign is over, they will be called collaborators.

On Friday, during an interview on CNBC, the House speaker, Mike Johnson, claimed that President Trump was among the most popular people to ever occupy the Oval Office.

The president is the most maligned and attacked political figure in the history of American politics. There’s no question about it, but he’s also the most resilient. And you see…[Read more]

In 1946, George Orwell described good writing as “picking out words for the sake of their meaning,” a practice that dictionaries catalyze and writing programs stifle. Writers consulting a dictionary make a choice — writers guided by an app like Grammarly have their choices made for them.

Where Grammarly says, “Stay on-brand with consist…[Read more]

That sign is wrong on one point and only half-right on others.

Yes, but it is still the contents page from the “How to become a Dictator” handbook. The extreme right are all wrong.

Intelligent believers: Not stupid, just illogical

Excellent article. Economic and packed with information. All of those concepts should be integral to basic education. Nevertheless i disagree in how the author chracterizes intelligence. General intelligence is ruthless in its critical nature. It does not bend over for its own comfort. It…[Read more]

Reg,

That sign is wrong on one point and only half-right on others.

Hitler didn’t start by blaming immigrants. The people he blamed for all the world’s problems were part of Germanic and European society for nearly 1000 years. Today’s Hitler would gladly bring in Islamic invaders if Germans didn’t want to do Krystallnacht.

Also, while Hitler…[Read more]

You’re very welcome Strega!