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There is no doubt that the level of corruption in American politics makes it difficult for this nation to make progress, and that’s essentially true regardless of what one thinks of whatever the word “progress” means: universal healthcare, quality public …

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It’s never a good idea to dismiss something Mark Twain said out of hand. Yet the majority of Americans are on the right side of most political issues. We want common sense gun laws, quality education, women’s rights, universal healthcare, …

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Re: the meme here, how stupid do you have to be to buy into this? The U.S. is the only developed nation on Earth without universal healthcare. Bernie’s trying to make this nightmare end for tens of millions of people. …

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We commonly hear that the two major American political parties are virtually indistinguishable from one another, and perhaps that was true a few decades ago when centrism was the rule of the day. But, as illustrated in the meme here, …

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Australian Malcolm Roxburgh writes: I can’t fathom American politics. Surely, out of 300+ million, you can find someone under 60 years of age with all their facilities to be President.  Thank you, Malcolm.  This is a thought I’ve had dozens …

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When my wife read my post from the other day on Ron DeSantis’s pledge to destroy leftism, she commented that the presidential candidate was referring to passing laws that would make certain acts illegal, not to changing human thinking and …

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The answer is largely that the health insurance industry has an extremely powerful lobby that makes the idea of nationalized healthcare an impossibility. Of course, it doesn’t help that Americans are singular in their indifference to the well-being of their …

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It probably hasn’t dawned on his followers, but “leftism” is a set of values shared by the majority of Americans.  Abortion rights, environmental responsibility, the application of the rule of law to all, equal opportunity, quality education, separation of church …

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People who don’t vote in their best interests come in two varieties. Ironically, they’re polar opposites: Altruists.  Many people with no kids in school vote for school bond issues because education is important to society. The same can be said …

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There are two things that can be said about this. One is that self-accountability, while it’s a good thing overall, is taken to extreme in conservative politics.  There are victims in this world, victims of systemic and oppressive conditions, racism …

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