It is understandable that this tweet, like all the others, is an attempt on Trump’s part to play to his base, but this is so inane and mean-spirited that it’s hard to believe that base is on board with the …
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As Americans, Who Are We?
I’m not sure which I like better: the meme here, or this quote from Mark Twain, “Patriotism is the act of believing your country is the greatest country in the world based on nothing more than the fact that you …
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Using Logic in Understanding Present-Day Politics
As Aristotle pointed out 2300 years ago in his law of non-contraction, two thoughts that oppose one another cannot both be true. Given that, consider the following two assertions:
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Why the U.S. Is Taking a Shellacking on the World Stage
Fox News’ Chris Wallace had an interesting exchange with Sarah Huckabee Sanders the other day, in which Wallace called BS on the White House claim that 4000 terrorists are pouring across the southern border. Wallace pointed out, “State Department says …
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The Lighter Side of Present-Day America
“This would be funny if it weren’t so tragic”–a refrain that we hear a great deal. Some people are laughing anyway, tragedy or no. Take the guy who created the meme here as an example. And he’s right: that really …
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Up Against the Wall
Re: the meme here, a friend writes, “An opinion not-so-humbly offered up 70-odd years ago by a guy who spoke with some authority on this matter.” Patton had never seen stupid like it exists in 2019’s America.
Mitt Romney: “The President’s Character Falls Short.”
I had to laugh when I saw this thing on Mitt Romney the other day: “The president shapes the public character of the nation. Trump’s character falls short.”
Looking Into 2019: The Health of the U.S. Democracy
To be sure, there are dozens of different metrics we can use to gauge the well-being of the American democracy. Is there transparency in government? Honesty and integrity? Compassion for the people whose lives it affects? Does big money seem …
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Minimizing the Damage That Is Donald Trump
There will come a time at which I’m no longer on this planet and this whole insanity that is the present-day United States is put back in order. (Actually, the former is a certainty, while the latter is speculation.) In …
Admiral John Kirby Calls Trump’s Lie To Troops “Unconscionable”
Retired Rear Admiral Kirby wasn’t pleased that Trump chose to tell the troops in Iraq that he had given them their first pay raise in 10 years (they get one every year), calling the lie “unconscionable.” It’s unclear why this …
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