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 …
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. …
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 …
I’m confused about this assertion that nobody is above the law in the United States. We have seen some obvious instances of behavior that call this lofty goal into question with our President, but there are complications that make the conversation more complex than we might like. Allow me to try and explain my confusion. …
Perhaps you are one of the people that think it would be fair to make Washington D.C. a State. Then the people who live there would be able to have Representatives in the House of Representatives and Senators in the Senate just like all the current fifty States. After all, we’re all supposed to be …
John Bolton’s book has brought about some interesting commentary from past and present members of the Trump Administration. “It contains highly classified information.” “It is fiction.” Can fiction be highly classified – I’m not sure, but I don’t think so. “It’s a lie!” Wow! When a known liar calls another known liar a liar, are …
