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Bob Sheak
Bob Sheak, who lives just outside of Athens, Ohio, is an emeritus professor of sociology at Ohio University.
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Sleepy Donald and the misbegotten Iran War
I – Trump’s healthThere are questions about his mental and physical health and thus his ability to be President. He rants from his social media platform early in the morning. He tends to fall asleep at his administration’s events.Jem Bartholomew, considers this issue of Trump’s sleepiness in an…
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Trump is stupidly consistent in his disregard of science and global warming. We all pay the price.
It has long been established by experts and scientists that the carbon dioxide in the air and the resultant increase in global temperatures is produced overwhelmingly by fossil fuels. Even some of the major emitters of these climate pollutants have acknowledged as much, though most have not. The…
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Some reasons why the country would be better off without Trump
Historians have ranked Trump as the worst present ever. According to Factually, “recent expert surveys commonly place Donald Trump and James Buchanan among the lowest-rated presidents… with Trump ranked last in several 2024 specialist polls (https://factually.co/fact-checks/…
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Trump’s policies are self-serving and harmful
Here are some examples.#1 - As U.S. Debt Hits a Worrying Milestone, Washington Barely NoticesThis is the title of Tony Romm’s article, New York Times, May 7 2026(https://nytimes.com/2026/05/07/business/us-debt-trump-policies-budget.html). Here’s some of what he writes. “The debt is outgrowing…