We don’t bump into Elbridge Gerry’s name every day, but we do bump into his legacy and his legacy is all tangled up in much of the designs of our Federal Government. Elbridge Thomas Gerry was born in Marblehead, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America on July 17, 1744. Both of his parents were descendants …
Over the past few days I have received hundreds of comments relating to several of my blog posts. At first I was amazed and flattered by the interest being shown to my work, but as I reviewed the comments in pursuit of those worthy of posting on their own merit I discovered that most were …
Here we are over eight months after the 2020 presidential election was certified by our Federal Legislature and the big lie continues to dominate our media narrative. The people who are spewing the big lie and other false narrative are using their activities to subvert our democratic process and I hear questions about what should …
I was listening to a local radio station this morning and the two hosts were talking about their frustration with our current Covid-19 situation. It is a mask thing primarily so I thought it would be appropriate to update this blog posting from back in May. Let’s start with what I wrote at that time. …
We’re starting to learn just how close Donald Trump and his loyal followers, domestic enemies of our United States of America, came to successfully overthrowing our government. They came perilously close to ending our republican democracy. Apparently close isn’t good enough. It may not be well understood, but our Founding Fathers actually thought about the …
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I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and …
For me the murder of George Floyd was a threshold event in many ways. Here I would like to take a look at one of those issues, this whole business of qualified immunity for Police Officers. One of the questions I find popping up in my thoughts a lot these days is how our society …
So the Director of the CDC surprised us with new guidance that if we are fully vaccinated and there is no State or Local mask requirement, we can take off our masks indoors as well as outdoors. The guidance I heard advised us to wear our mask if we were not comfortable with it off …
We are hearing a lot from the talking heads about the various State Legislatures working to pass new laws that would have the effect of voter suppression targeting citizens of color and lower incomes in our society. I hear the number of such legislative bills estimated at 360 over some 47 States. 360 bills over …
