David WineberginThe Straight DopeShemp!For reasons too capitalistic to go into, kids today know almost nothing about the great comics of the last century. They’ve never heard of…3h ago3h ago
David WineberginThe Straight DopeWhen fake news and disinformation saved the worldWe think of fake news and disinformation as internet horrors. But during World War II 85 years ago, a British soldier by the name of Dudley…4d ago4d ago
David WineberginThe Straight DopePiketty tries to clarify the worldIn a quick little essay published as a book, Nobel Economist Thomas Piketty expands on his analyses of wealth and inequality with different…Sep 152Sep 152
David WineberginThe Straight DopeTen years of this, and for what?Today marks my tenth anniversary on Medium. I’ve gone from nothing to a state of extreme poverty (Groucho Marx). From zero followers to…Sep 142Sep 142
David WineberginThe Straight DopeBlame democracy for the housing crisis, with a side of capitalismFor decades, the USA has neglected its housing stock and its residents’ needs for housing. Instead, everyone is focused on the price…Sep 8Sep 8
David WineberginThe Straight DopeWho are the JEW license plates for, do you think?Followers say that Donald Trump has more respect for women than anyone does. So does he. This even after he announced his new policy to…Sep 32Sep 32
David WineberginThe Straight DopeLobbyists making the world safe for dictatorship: the Paul Manafort story“The Trump administration was positively saturated in covert foreign lobbyists, in a way no previous administration had ever known — and…Aug 312Aug 312
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…Aug 251Aug 251
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