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May 2020

Vaccines and Quarantines

May 17th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Is it possible to resolve the need for collective action in a country that is focused on individual liberty? Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory. Resources mentioned:https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/ap-microeconomics/a [...]

April 2020

JTOL0127 Re Please Stop Buying Guns (Alyssa Milano)

April 15th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Let's take a look at the deeper meaning behind Alyssa Milano's recent request for people to stop buying guns.   https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1248362916165779456 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/10/us/gun-sales-terrorism-obama-restrictions.html?searchResultPosition=13 http [...]

Re Please Stop Buying Guns (Alyssa Milano)

April 15th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Let's take a look at the deeper meaning behind Alyssa Milano's recent request for people to stop buying guns. https://twitter.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1248362916165779456 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/10/us/gun-sales-terrorism-obama-restrictions.html?searchResultPosition=13 https://www [...]

How Some Americans are Responding to the Crisis

April 11th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory. ********Ways to Support: ▸ http://justthinkingoutloud.tv/donate Patreon: https://patreon.com/justthinkingoutloud Crypto: https://cointr.ee/justthinkingoutloud Subscribestar: https://subscribestar.com/d [...]

March 2020

Coronavirus Thoughts! -Things to Consider

March 6th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Some things to consider about #COVID-19 or the novel #coronavirus, from the perspective of public versus private response and the effect of culture on transmission. Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory. Super Informational Links That I Won [...]

December 2019

Monsey Stabbing Social Commentary – Hate Crimes in NYC

December 30th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Monsey Stabbing Social Commentary - Hate Crimes in NYC (and beyond) Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podcast directory. Video link:https://youtu.be/TkqR3gbjDLE References: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/five-orthodox-jews-wounded-in-hanukkah-ma [...]

November 2019

JTOL0108 Female Vulnerability, Feminism, and the Transgender Movement

November 30th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Which is it? Are women equal to men in every way, or is there a biological reality when it comes to gender? Can feminist notions of equality collide with those of transgender rights? We are in some confusing times. Also available as a podcast. Search for Just Thinking Out Loud in your favorite podca [...]

JTOL0106 The Science Behind Political Bias and Tribalism with Cory Clark

November 14th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Meet Cory J. Clark and her research. She is an Assistant Professor of Social Psychology at Durham University in the UK. She studies the similarities among and differences between liberals and conservatives in bias tendencies, with a particular interest in how political biases shape evaluations of sc [...]

October 2019

JTOL0101 The Young Turks VS Comedy Part 2

October 7th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Part 1 is a YouTube video:https://youtu.be/BH5Oo5QhzfA The Young Turks made some interesting comments on Saturday Night Live's firing of their new conservative comedian Shane Gillis. Sean and I respond. Subscribe to Sean: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzzLIhDbFYU46T4VFBz_m_g Sean's Twitter: https [...]

Inequality: What Can Be Done?

October 6th, 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Inequality: What Can Be Done? Inequality Part 3 This is a direct continuation of my past two posts on wealth inequality (in America). I discussed why it’s important to be skeptical of the data out there on wealth inequality, mainly due to the omission of data or the lack of detail when it’s presente [...]