Along with democracy, apparently legitimate intellectual inquiry dies in darkness.

No one should feel compelled to read this. The ridiculously non-commital summary above is an affront to anyone who accepts that scientific understanding, and reality itself, are not matters of opinion. I’m all for balanced journalism, but that shouldn’t involve abandonment of reason.

Your shtick is quite childish. Maybe consider taking a substantive, reasoned approach to discourse?

Just a thought.

Simple physics. There are a lot more ways for things to get screwed up than to go right.

It’s the fundamental asymmetry of our politics. Faith-based actors (Rs) - religious, economic, etc. - ignore the consequences. Rational actors (Ds) consider opposing perspectives and outcomes. The question is: do you adopt the opposition’s tactics or retain your integrity and hope reason wins out.

Please bring it to the U.S.

"Trump slump." That has the ring of something that might actually hang around his neck and stay there.

Should be repeated at every opportunity.

All true, but this argument impresses only those whose actions are based on principle. When you are in possession of the One True Faith (political or religious) your actions are always in the right. Consistency, fairness, hypocrisy, are concerns that don't trouble zealots.

Geneticist Adam Rutherford captured it best in his book, 'How to argue with a racist,' when he wrote,

"When all you've ever known is privilege, equality feels like oppression."

This trope is so common on the right that it's become predictable.

"Increased rights for women have limited our ability to dominate them."

"Increased acceptance of LGBTQ+ people restricts our opportunities to discriminate."

"Removal of traditional religious advantages amounts to persecution."

It’s amazing how often people use it incorrectly.

The Tech Bros continue to reveal themselves as nothing more than two-centuries-removed robber barons.

It was bad enough back then, but today's world is even less conducive to their corrosive brand of market fundamentalism.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Next Guardian article - "Homeopathy has earned the right to serious study."

Okay...maybe if we give it a new name.

Nice that we can make special and extraordinary efforts to honor those things in life that are truly important.

Where do we sign?

"Underwhelming?"

Thousands of unnecessarily lost covid victims would question your soft-pedaling terminology, were they here to do so.

I'm sympathetic, but unconvinced. It's time to stop blaming the Ds and giving voters undeserved credit. This is about ignorance. A stunning percentage of the American electorate is politically, scientifically and philosophically uninformed and incapable of reasoning beyond reactive fear and bigotry.