Benevolent

People shouldn't be very surprised when they learn that the benevolent overseers aren't so benevolent.

Divine Messages

I always find it interesting (and by interesting I mean laughable) that people believe that their gods constantly speak to them about me, and even have messages for me from their gods. Why wouldn't their gods speak directly to me? Why the intermediaries? I mean let's get real,my office hours are posted, so if some 19 year old can walk through my door with something important, then so can god. Otherwise, just keep a journal of all the messages and give it to me when I've finished grading final exams.

Support

I fully support those people and ideas that support the ideas of social justice and human rights.

Pseudo

Pseudo intellectualism is as valid as pseudo science. Just because the pseudo intellectual sees a connection between two things, or finds an obscure reference to some word in a dead language, it doesn't make his ideas valid. What happens when these ideas spread is intellectual chaos, and like pseudo science, the diaspora of junk ideas can, and sometimes does, bring great harm to the world because the pseudo intellectual begins with the answer in search of validating questions, not the other way around.
Know what you are discussing or proudly say, "I don't know, but I can find out." That is the mark of a strong mind.

Ideas for making America better

Get rid of anything in government that references religion because first of all religion divides us, and most importantly religion is ridiculous.

Allow teachers and educators to runout education system. No business interests. No creationism. No politicians. Only people who actually teach students should make decisions about schools. No business should e allowed to make a profit from our schools. No one who does business with schools can make a salary larger than the highest paid teacher in that district.

Everything having to do with science, medicine, and mathematics should be based on the metric system.

Everything sold in the USA should be labeled at least in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Any politician who lies during a campaign, or has someone else lie on his behalf is automatically disqualified from winning an election.

Except in rare cases, being a member of one of the Abrahamic faiths is the same as admitting to being conquered.

I find it near impossible to reveal the horrors in my mind