Democracy Undone Our democracy is unraveling at a rate that could preclude its recovery. Not until America elevated an autocrat into the White House did I fully appreciate the inherent fragility of our Democratic experiment....
Read MoreHuman Luminal I’ve lived my life in the dark. I’m surrounded by people I can see. People I thought I knew. Not just people close to me, but my fellow Americans everywhere. Then along comes Donald T Rump. He’s the human...
Read MoreUgly Parallels (or Time To Give A Damn) “What is past is prologue.” – The Tempest History is both instructive and predictive; in fact, these two characteristics are inextricably bound. What is learned from what we’ve done helps...
Read MoreLord Acton Vindicated “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton made this observation in the late nineteenth century understanding full well the important role power plays in establishing and maintaining...
Read MoreEighth Deadly Sin I’m eternally grateful I didn’t grow up in T Rump’s America. What I’ve seen since I ended my support of T Rump only reinforces my decision to place immutable principles above malleable politics. Transgressions...
Read MoreEighth Deadly Sin I’m eternally grateful I didn’t grow up in T Rump’s America. What I’ve seen since I ended my support of T Rump only reinforces my decision to place immutable principles above malleable politics. Transgressions...
Read MoreWhy Mike Pence? Some argue that impeaching T Rump could lead to a less desirable outcome: President Mike Pence. I disagree. Mike Pence is a misogynist through and through. He feels it’s his messianic right...
Read MoreStable Genius Our “extremely stable genius” is another way of describing a prized Lipizzaner or a Clydesdale. In light of T Rump’s self-proclaimed adulation, describing trainable show horses is apropos. His spookable demeanor;...
Read MoreDemocrats Can’t Win Neither can Republicans. What makes the 2020 presidential election more intriguing than previous elections is that neither party can win. Each party has a fatal flaw it cannot escape. Republicans have...
Read MoreAmerican Mosaic A prominent TV news anchor recently described the large and still growing slate of Democratic presidential candidates as a “Mosaic of America.” Really? First, what is a Mosaic? A mosaic is a picture created by...
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