Bloomberg Vs “Him”
Bloomberg Vs “Him” Some say the 2020 Democratic presidential race is “déjà vu” all over again with fifteen major candidates in the race compared to a dozen who sought the Republican nomination in 2016. 2016 12...
Read Moreby Harry Herget | Dec 5, 2019 | Political, Social Commentary | 0 |
Bloomberg Vs “Him” Some say the 2020 Democratic presidential race is “déjà vu” all over again with fifteen major candidates in the race compared to a dozen who sought the Republican nomination in 2016. 2016 12...
Read Moreby Harry Herget | Dec 4, 2019 | Letters, Political, Social Commentary | 0 |
Inverted Power Abraham Maslow made history in the mid twentieth century with the promulgation of his motivational theory. He articulated it in a five-tiered, pyramid shaped model, his “Hierarchy of Needs.” From the bottom up,...
Read Moreby Harry Herget | Oct 11, 2019 | Letters, Political, Social Commentary | 0 |
Ugly 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 Moreby Harry Herget | Oct 11, 2019 | Human Interest, Letters, Political, Social Commentary | 0 |
“Vengeance Is Mine” So said “The Chosen One.” The One who declared, “I alone can fix it,” when referring to curing the government malaise in Washington. Biblical vengeance (Deuteronomy 32:35), as invoked, means controlling,...
Read Moreby Harry Herget | Oct 11, 2019 | Human Interest, Letters, Social Commentary | 0 |
Worst Enemy I agree the Press is the enemy. Taking an adversarial position is in the media’s blood. Always questioning. Digging. Yes, the Press is everything a formidable enemy should be. Antagonistic. Contentious. Dogged. The...
Read Moreby Harry Herget | Sep 25, 2019 | Letters, Political, Social Commentary | 0 |
NoBells T Rump To begin with, don’t confuse Nobel, the dynamite inventor after whom the Nobel Prize is named, with NoBells, the nuclear option, “Fire and Fury” guy. Just as Nobel winners have contributed to the well-being...
Read Moreby Harry Herget | Sep 16, 2019 | Political, Social Commentary | 0 |
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 Moreby Harry Herget | Aug 10, 2019 | Political, Political Satire, Social Commentary | 0 |
Human 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 Moreby Harry Herget | Aug 1, 2019 | Human Interest, Political, Social Commentary | 0 |
Ugly 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 Moreby Harry Herget | Jul 26, 2019 | Letters, Political, Social Commentary | 0 |
Lord 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 Moreby Harry Herget | Jul 14, 2019 | Human Interest, Letters, Social Commentary | 0 |
Eighth 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 Moreby Harry Herget | Jul 3, 2019 | Human Interest, Letters, Social Commentary | 0 |
Eighth 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...
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