Numerous political philosophers from Aristotle to Jefferson have written the words, or their equivalent, that we see at left. In fact, the first decent paper I wrote in my quest for a degree in the subject was on Aristotle’s position …
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A Note from Thomas Jefferson
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Did “America Lose” the 2026 Midterms?
Let’s examine this. Republicans lost ground in 99% of the roughly 2,200 counties where most votes had been counted. Democrats hadn’t won Kansas, a state dominated by the “salt-of-the-Earth,” in nearly a century. The election left a clear mandate: The …
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Would Charlie Kirk Have Been “Ashamed?”
Not sure “ashamed” is the right word. Perhaps “appalled” would be a better fit. Essentially everything Charlie Kirk stood for went up in flames in the U.S. 2026 midterms: white nationalism, the rejection of science, the destruction of the educational …
Note to Far-Right Conspiracy Theorists: That Train Has Left the Station
At left we have the words of far-right political activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer. I have bad news for her: Nobody believes one iota of this garbage anymore. There was a time when the groups with which she is …
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It WAS the Economy
Thirty-five years ago, long before one of America’s two main political parties was lost to lies and corruption, it really was the economy. And no one’s saying that economic conditions have no bearing on our nation’s political decision-making. But the …
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What Lay Behind the Blue Tsunami?
The war was part of it, to be sure. Making gasoline unaffordable and driving up the price of anything that comes on a truck sure didn’t help the Republican cause. But let’s not forget about the lies, the corruption, the …
Rules of Grammar
When I was in elementary school in the early 1960s, our teachers made a big deal out of grammatical rules like the one at left. All these years later, “a lot” is still two words, but certain other similar things …
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No Pressure, America
The whole world is watching what becomes of the United States and its democracy that is teetering on the brink.
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What Trump Destroys
The most amazing aspect to the Trump presidency is the sheer predictability that anything he touches will be destroyed. At left we see the tangible elements, rather than things like the assault on our relationships with our allies, race relations, …
A Little Fox News Humor
I have to admit that I laugh virtually every time I flick on Fox News and check out what they’re covering and how they’re covering it. The part of this that isn’t amusing is the knowledge that I live among …
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