Jesus! It says it right there in the second paragraph of our founding document. “…that whenever any government becomes destructive of those Ends [and while I don’t know why they capitalized Ends, I do know that the Ends are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, by the consent of the governed], it is the … Read more
The irony of what has happened with the reflecting pool in Washington screams for expression. The reflecting pool originally reflected the spire dedicated to our first president reminding us of the beginnings of our great experiment in Democracy. Now it reflects one deranged man. Recently the bottom was painted with blue paint with disastrous results. … Read more
Change the Language and Everybody Will Believe You and Agitate for Violence Violence is a slippery slope. When slogans are strategically used to stir up righteous indignation and justifiable violent solutions we know we are sliding down into outright fascism. “Narcoterrorists” is a brilliant propaganda word. It conjures images of real terrorists who set bombs … Read more
As tends to happen in autocratic countries, America is now, clearly, in a Government versus the People situation. I wish it weren’t so, but it is. The state is now, almost routinely, just killing people. Killing people in boats in the Caribbean, killing American citizens legally protesting evil, killing the few brown people whom they … Read more
The most alarming military action we have ever taken was to gun down survivors of a recent American attack on a Venezuelan vessel. They were in the water waving for help. Little did they know that expecting help would cost them their lives. They should have hidden under the hull but sadly, they expected the … Read more
I recently watched the short series, Death by Lightning, on President Garfield whom I had forgotten like many have. He was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau after serving only three months in office. Guiteau worshiped Garfield with a devotion and fervor that disturbed me. He was clearly a fanatic, seeing him as the savior of … Read more
Before a decade ago, America had gotten so unbelievably complacent. We all figured that, generally speaking, things were going pretty well and the problems were fixable glitches in the system or human error. My how things have changed recently. Democracy is inherently fragile, and the only reasonable conclusion is that, until recently, America actually had … Read more
As loath as I am to admit that either national political party has gotten anything right lately, the Democratic Party was right about Trump’s being a Fascist, wanna-be dictator. It’s harder and harder to deny that every day, which is one of the main reasons his supporters are ditching him faster than rats off the … Read more
The Ongoing Quest to Figure out Donald John Trump (Part II) First off, sorry to write yet another article about Trump. Lord knows, the world doesn’t need more ink spilled about him, but damn, he just takes up so much American head space that it’s hard not to think about him. Like your high school … Read more
I can’t tell if this is populism or fake populism, but it feels almost real. As everyone over the age of three knows, American politics is in one of its weirdest places ever. Trump’s popular vote victory means that, unlike in 2016, he really does have a mandate to do what he said he’d do…and … Read more