On November 10th of 2016 I wrote a blog post that seems worth another look today. Back then there were people everywhere proclaiming “this is not who we are,” but we all know our vote in the Presidential Election of 2016 shouted to the world that our vote told them exactly who we are. Here …
We know the words and we know the traditions relating to our Pledge of Allegiance. Over the last few years our nation has been embroiled in a disagreement about the sacredness of the pledge. Let’s take a look. We haven’t always had a Pledge of Allegiance. Most of us probably don’t know the history behind …
To hear the pundits talk, it sounds like the Supreme Court will soon be deciding whether the United States of America will survive into the future or be cast aside onto a dust heap of relic governments that have failed to survive the pressures of some exigency or another. To hear them tell it, the …
It always seems to come from people who don’t like the way the Trump Administration is doing things. The words we hear will be “this is not who we are.” The person saying these words is trying to distance themselves from the offensive behavior under consideration at the moment and they are also offering some …
A big part of our distrust of Government stems from our belief that most of our elected officials are bought and paid for. They are owned by lobbyists, wealthy people and special interest corporations. Pretty much everyone agrees that the problem of our politics starts with money. But, I am getting ahead of myself. Just …
The Republicans are masters when it comes to finding and exploiting hot button topics for Democrats. Lately the hot button de jure is often “Socialism.” Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren both identify themselves as having socialist tendencies in many of their policies. Other Democrat candidates seem timid when responding to such accusations. Let’s get smarter. …
As the Presidential Election of 2020 draws closer, we hear more and more talk of how the President might hang on to the office beyond January 20th, 2021 even if he loses the election. President Trump has actually said to reporters that he might not accept the results of the election. Those reporters and other …
The Democrat National Convention is now in the books. It didn’t feel the same virtually as it used to feel when all the folks gathered in a large convention center to party hearty. As I think about the different look and feel of the convention I believe that some of the changes were better than …
We have been subjected to conjecture of a Constitutional Crisis several times during the Trump administration. The term almost comes across as self-explanatory, but if we try to do a deep dive on its meaning we will find ourselves ill-prepared. No doubt the term strikes fear in many American hearts, but those hearts are mostly …
We have this idea that we should be able to know the results of an election as soon as the polls close. It is just another example of instant gratification that shows up throughout our society. We know that local elections are easier to count than State-wide elections, but computers are fast so larger elections …
