The intelligence of people who have a lot of it often, maybe too often, apply their smarts in ways that sacrifice empathy. A case in point, the scientists of Los Alamos, who created the atom bomb. Another, the political scientists who created Project 2025.
Politics is a brain game in which the opposing players have to come up with strategies to persuade and convince voters. The game is played to a great extent with language wrapped up in signs and speeches. Social scientists understand more and more how to craft that language to be effective.
A fictional account of a restaurant owner who thinks much of his menu and disparages his competition. The tale is related through the person of a potential customer.
Bullying is widespread, even endemic, in American society. It’s a behavior that many of the powerful segments of society, including politicians, engage in.
Criticism of Governor Jim Justice blaming the Biden Administration for delays in highway construction in West Virginia.
A response to a local politician critical of US immigration policy, even though immigration would be a plus for West Virginia’s declining population.