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The Need for Biologists in Public Policy; The Bourgeois Strategy

2020.01.22 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
A da Vinci-like drawing showing the spiral of a nautilus shell and its relation to the Golden Mean/Golden Spiral.

The input of biologists in public policy can help us understand the disruptions of human progress; one example is ‘the bourgeois strategy’.

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Posted in: Biology, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Darwin Dada, Evolution, Partisan Politics

Starting Wars: Anger Manipulation

2020.01.07 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment
Starting Wars: Statue of Liberty with a Mushroom Cloud

Starting wars and anger manipulation benefit the powerful:  politically, economically, and ideologically.

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Posted in: Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Kings Conquerors Psychopaths, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Trump

Could Franken Crush Trump… as a Republican?

2019.06.09 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

There is one man, and one initiative, which just might save the world from Donald Trump: we need to run Al Franken for President.

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Trump

Kings, Conquerors: The Moderate Voice Interview

2019.06.01 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Banner for The Moderate Voice, a political website

“The term ‘must-read’ has been soooooo overused. But Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths is a must-read… must-own… and, most of all, a must-ponder.”
—Joe Gandelman

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Posted in: Books, Politics Tagged: Kings Conquerors Psychopaths, Partisan Politics

Trump’s Weakness

2019.03.16 by Bookscrounger 2 Comments
Trump is weak and old

As the press and the broadcast media focus on Trump’s repulsive behaviors, they are missing Trump’s weakness completely.

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Partisan Politics, Trump

Kicking the Can Down the Road, Cementing Cans

2019.03.04 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Kicking the can down the road, cementing cans.

When citizens want one thing and lobbyists want another, often we end up kicking the can down the road; we should be cementing cans after they’re kicked.

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Posted in: Medicine, Politics Tagged: Constitutional Fundamentalism, Kings Conquerors Psychopaths, Partisan Politics

Trump’s Narcissism and the Goldwater Rule

2018.11.24 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment
Trump's narcissism, Goldwater rule

Donald Trump’s narcissism is a large concern, but so is the Goldwater Rule, which insists that we should ignore the 300 pound menace in the Oval Office.

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Posted in: Medicine, Politics Tagged: Medicine, Partisan Politics, Trump

KRVS Après-Midi Interview

2018.09.24 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Judith Meriwether and Joseph N. Abraham, MD, discuss Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths on Après-Midi from KRVS, the Acadiana NPR affiliate

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Posted in: Books Tagged: Partisan Politics, Tolerance, Wisdom

Dallas-Fort Worth Book Appearances

2018.09.13 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths, Joseph N. Abraham, MD, UL Press

Join UL alumnus, physician, biologist, and author Joseph N. Abraham, MD, for several appearances in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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Posted in: Books Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Wisdom

Liberal and Conservative, Left and Right

2018.08.28 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
The Liberal Bell

In popular usage, ‘left’ and ‘right’ have come to mean the same thing as ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative,’ respectively. This is a critical mistake.

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Posted in: Books, Politics Tagged: Constitutional Fundamentalism, Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Wisdom
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