The Spirited Reasoner

Yesterday, President Biden was asked about the role of social media platforms in the reemergence of COVID-19. “They’re killing people,” he responded. And, unfortunately, the discussion in some parts of…

As candidates for midterm elections begin to throw their respective hats into the ring, it appears that a number of Republicans are facing a litmus test. Either they must agree…

A few years ago my auto insurance company offered me a substantial premium discount if I agreed to download their app to my cellphone and—in effect—allow them to track my…

Spirited Reasoners familiar with the Old Testament may wonder what it might have felt like to be an Egyptian around the time of the Biblical plagues. Having no ready access…

Today is Juneteenth, our newest national holiday. Or to be more precise, today is June 19th, the annual date around which the national holiday will be celebrated in the future….

Undaunted by the naysayers on the progressive left and intransigent right, a Senate group of five Republicans and five Democrats has been quietly fashioning infrastructure legislation. They believe their bill…

Spirited Reasoners will be happy to read a blog having nothing, well, almost nothing, to do with politics. This week we ponder the quality of the healthcare each of us…

Last night’s PBS News Hour included a segment on the family carnage that has been wrought by Q-Anon, specifically in the way some family members feel they can no longer…

Throughout my lifetime (rapidly approaching seven full decades) the term “Middle East” has been synonymous with any problem that has become intractable to the point of hatred and war. I…

Spirited Reasoners of my generation will remember the many bracelets and t-shirts we saw, especially during the 1990s, with the acronym WWJD, which stood for “What Would Jesus Do?” The…