To my shame, I had never really twigged on this until people started talking about it over the past few days. All this is so asinine, so embarrassing to our nation, so clearly criminal. Why can’t it be over?
Author: craigshields
Trump Begs Georgia Secretary of State To Overturn Election Results
In an hour-long phone call, Trump alternatively begged and threatened Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find him 11,780 votes,” the number needed to overturn the state’s election results, according to those who listened to a tape recording of …
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Trump Has Human Civilization’s Back To the Wall
From this: The outgoing Trump administration’s refusal to coordinate the handover of the Pentagon with the incoming Biden team, as well as the last-minute stacking of civilian positions with fringe national-security figures, comes at a fraught time for US national security.
Happy Birthday, Greta
As Greta Thunberg celebrates her 18th birthday, let’s take a quick look at her detractors as well as her fans. Right-wing media outlets like Fox News cannot ignore her and the impact she’s made, because it’s too massive. So, they …
Marcus Aurelius, Stoic Philosopher: “Live a Good Life.”
At left we see why it’s hard to think of a figure in history more worthy of our admiration than Marcus Aurelius. The things we regret in life are not misfortunes, but our own failures to live up to the …
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Yale Law School Speaks Out on Election Subversion
The students, faculty and alumni of Yale Law School seem to be unanimous in their objection to Josh Hawley’s (class of 2006) attempt to subvert the presidential election, and, as one would expect of the Elis, have voiced their protestation …
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Pro-Trump Attorney: Mike Pence Should Face Firing Squad–and No, You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
An old friend writes: Robespierre in the waning days of the French Revolution had a convention in Paris of his supporters; this , after his 44,000 citizen councils had each beheaded from one to five people. At the convention he …
Rights and Obligations
At left we have a reminder, as if we needed one, that Westerners, Americans in particular, are fixated on our rights, while ignoring our obligations to those around us. In fact, we’re so fixated on these rights that we cut …
Schism in the GOP?
There is a suggestion that principled conservatives may split off from the new Trump-oriented Republican party. In a word, no. This day of the truly despicable conservative has peaked. It’s true that there is a wide and deep river of …
Attempt To Overthrow American Democracy
A short (< 1 min.) excerpt of a speech given by Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy is embedded in this article in today’s Washington Post. He’s right; currently we are experiencing the most serious attempt to overthrow American democracy in our …
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