J. Jerrald Hayes, Author at Rationally Thinking Out Loud

Why Radical Libertarians Are the New Communists – Evonomics

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 11, 2019 | • Politics, Economics & The Economy

Why Radical Libertarians Are the New Communists – Evonomics Commentary By Nick Hanauer and Eric Liu A toxic strand of a political ideology Most people would consider radical libertarianism and communism polar opposites: The first glorifies personal freedom. The...

Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America.

—Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hourly pay to afford one-bedroom rent is more than double minimum wage – Business Insider

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 9, 2019 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Jobs

A minimum-wage worker needs 2.5 full-time jobs to afford a one-bedroom apartment in most of the US Many minimum-wage workers can’t even afford a modest one-bedroom apartment, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s annual report. The...

Food Science Babe: 5 basic scientific concepts to help you spot pseudoscience

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 9, 2019 | Agriculture, Pseudoscience

5 basic scientific concepts to help you spot pseudoscience | AGDAILY There is so much pseudoscience being spread around nowadays, and sometimes it can be hard to spot, especially for those who don’t have a background in science. A lot of it is based on a small...

The worship of billionaires like Jeff Bezos has become our worst religion | The Outline

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 9, 2019 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality

The worship of billionaires has become our shittiest religion One billion dollars is a huge amount of money. Indeed: One billion dollars is such a huge amount of money, that there has recently emerged a whole sub-genre of images specifically designed to help us get...

The Billionaires Hit The Panic Button

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 9, 2019 | • Politics, The 2020 Presidential Race

From the article the (the emphasis is mine). …both parties have courted and favored America’s super-rich, over and against the interests of the rest of the country. [for decades now in fact-JJH] Sure, there are differences. Republican politicians will defend any...

Focus on Pesticides is a Distraction from Major Eco Impacts – Food and Farm Discussion Lab

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 5, 2019 | Agriculture

Focus on Pesticides is a Distraction from Major Eco Impacts – Food and Farm Discussion Lab Please consider supporting Food and Farm Discussion Lab with an ongoing contribution of $1, $2, $3, $5 or $10 a month on Patreon. Or make a one time donation via...

With Sobering Science, Doctor Debunks 12-Step Recovery

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 29, 2019 | Psychology, Science, What I'm Reading

35 years ago I got clean and sober while I was in a 12 Step Program but in retrospect I do NOT think it was the 12 Steps Program that got me clean and sober and has kept me that way for 35 years so I agree with the analysis of Dr. Lance Dodes in this audio article....

The False Balance Between Fascists and Antifascists | FAIR

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 19, 2019 | • Politics, Domestic Terrorism

The False Balance Between Fascists and Antifascists Right-wing terror is a feature of daily life in present-day America. Ostensibly spontaneous violence incubates in the same ideological ecosystem as organized reactionary political associations. Robert Bowers, the man...

Why Do You Think They Cross the Border? | John Pavlovitz

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 19, 2019 | • Politics, Immigration

John Pavlovitz, Christian pastor, never ceases to amaze me with how clearly he can illustrate the problems around us. This is John Pavlovitz at his best. I can think of a couple of people I really think NEED to read this and I am thinking really hard about whether to...

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | YouTube | University of New South Wales

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 18, 2019 | • Politics

My own aneckdotal observation is 97% of all the people who are okay voicing thier opposition, often very extreme, to Marx and Engels have never ever read Marx and Engels and really have no solid basis for their thinking other than that is the way they were brought up...

Why conservatives are more susceptible to believing in lies. | Slate

by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 18, 2019 | • Politics, Cognitive Bias, Critical Thinking, Irrational Thinking, Science

Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies? Many conservatives have a loose relationship with facts. The right-wing denial of what most people think of as accepted reality starts with political issues: As recently as 2016, 45 percent of Republicans still...

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Why Radical Libertarians Are the New Communists – Evonomics

Hourly pay to afford one-bedroom rent is more than double minimum wage – Business Insider

Food Science Babe: 5 basic scientific concepts to help you spot pseudoscience

The worship of billionaires like Jeff Bezos has become our worst religion | The Outline

The Billionaires Hit The Panic Button

Focus on Pesticides is a Distraction from Major Eco Impacts – Food and Farm Discussion Lab

With Sobering Science, Doctor Debunks 12-Step Recovery

The False Balance Between Fascists and Antifascists | FAIR

Why Do You Think They Cross the Border? | John Pavlovitz

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | YouTube | University of New South Wales

Why conservatives are more susceptible to believing in lies. | Slate

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