David WineberginThe Straight DopeHaving a laugh and a poke at the obnoxiously rich, who are literally killing usIt is always entertaining to read Rob Larson. It doesn’t matter that the reader is not as economically Far Left as he is. His writing is…5d ago5d ago
David WineberginThe Straight DopePerverting science for corporate profit, or why people don’t trust science any moreIt is fairly well known now that Coca-Cola and its ilk ganged up to swindle the world into believing that exercise was more important and…Aug 18Aug 18
David WineberginThe Straight DopeSimple advice for the Trump campaignHis advisers say Trump’s slamming Biden and Harris is just shooting himself in the foot.Aug 16Aug 16
David WineberginThe Straight DopeWill Rogers was the GOAT for a reasonThough I have read other biographies of the national institution known as Will Rogers, Steven Watts’ new biography of him, called Citizen…Aug 111Aug 111
David WineberginThe Straight DopeThe only thing continuously evolving is evolutionary theoryBeginning in the 1970s, a freewheeling gang of, yes it’s true, paleontologists, centered on their most famous member, Stephen Jay Gould…Aug 31Aug 31
David WineberginThe Straight DopeMust horror have an ulterior motive?If summer is getting you down, you can now read Jon Greenaway’s Capitalism: A Horror Story. It is all but guaranteed to make you feel…Jul 28Jul 28
David WineberginThe Straight DopeSome books are readable because they are infuriating.May starts out on the wrong foot with me by trying to evaluate Man’s value in the cosmos by the degree of happiness (he claims) they…Jul 21Jul 21
David WineberginThe Straight DopeDismantling the artificial real estate spiralWhat if selling land was not the main way to wealth? What if land could not be bought and sold, but only the improvements on it? These are…Jul 14Jul 14
David WineberginThe Straight DopeTwo old men in a grudge match is history’s signal this era is overThe upcoming election has suddenly made the book End Times a very real possibility. When I read it in late 2022, my reaction was — yeah…Jul 83Jul 83
David WineberginThe Straight DopeOf sawdust vitamins, gold coins, and fake non-profits: what has become of the Republican PartyAs regular readers of this space know, I am forever trying to read and appreciate right wing, conservative viewpoints. But I keep running…Jul 61Jul 61