Dissident Politics

Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive science, social behavior, morality and history.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

News bits: Tina Turner

Tina Turner died. She was 83. Total bummer. 1973 This woman was alive 1990 ________________________________________________________________...

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Follow-up from yesterday’s “When you get prayed for” OP…

Fellow blogger, Ellabulldog, is making the claim that pantheism is atheism . Do you agree? Who/What entity is the ultimate authority on ...

News bits: A debt limit wild card?; Etc.

The Hill write about a court case filed by National Association of Government Employees that claims (1) the debt ceiling law is unconstituti...

Views From the Moderate Democrat About 2024

Back in 2016, many on the left were looking for an alternative to Hillary Clinton based on her long time in the Beltway, her perceived...

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

When you get “prayed for”…

Hmm. What does it mean when someone prays for you, and you don’t feel you are in need of any prayers? How would you take it? Case in poin...

Plausibility in science and the reality of psi phenomena

CONTEXT There are good reasons to consider the plausibility of data when it is asserted to mean something extraordinary. An example: Someone...

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