Our country is falling apart in bitter divisiveness. Our President’s behavior is an embarrassment even to his supporters. He seems to admire Russia, Putin, other dictators, and himself more than his own advisors. Our Government is barely functioning. People are dying.
In 2020, if we all vote and encourage our neighbors and friends to vote, we can make a difference. …
In a daily email entitled “Letters from an American”, Historian Heather Cox Richardson is writing the history of the destruction of American democracy in real time. It is the first thing I read each morning.
This election, like the last one, is going to be …
All conspiracies depend on giving less credence to what is obvious in favor of a remote preferably hidden or secret explanation. The expression “if you hear hoof beats think horses rather than zebras” is appropriate for the latest virus origin story. It emanates not from someone wrapped in tinfoil but as usual from our President and his right-wing dissemblers. The …
The Republican party has failed America. Their President is a hopeless incompetent. Their Senators refuse to stand up to him and to hear bills passed by the House. Their only constituent is “El Presidente”. Meanwhile, the future of the American people and of American democracy hangs in the balance. Neither will endure unless in November we vote out of office …
In 2020, America will be choosing more than a President and some new Senators. The election will bring in a whole new team. In politics, as in sports, success comes not from the captain or one player. Success comes from having a good team with balance and skilled players at every position. It won’t be just Biden and his VP …
We learn as children, when you misbehave there are consequences. We need some of that accountability for those who are destroying our environment and financial security. Punishment for the wicked is the foundation of the wrathful God of Old Testament. On the day of judgment, the wicked shall go to hell and only the righteous will be admitted to heaven. …
In 2016, Bernie Sanders and his supporters believed Hillary would beat Trump right up until she didn’t. They bet the future of the country believing their continuing in the race promoting progressive ideas was a positive influence on the campaign, that attacking mainstream Democrats would strengthen the party, and sitting out the election on principle would not change the outcome.…
Jess Unruh, the Speaker of the California Assembly in 1960s, observed that “Money is the mother’s milk of politics”. That’s because democracy only works when people have the opportunity to hear who is running and what they stand for. That takes money and the money has to come from somewhere. That said, where and how the money reaches candidates is …
Forget about holding the current President accountable via impeachment. It is a dead-end street as anyone who can count the votes for conviction in the Senate knows. It is a monumental waste of resources. Yes, he is as incompetent, and corrupt. So is the Party he leads and still worships him. Get over it.The short answer is Bernie Sanders. I love everything he says, just as fifty years ago, as a young college student, I loved George McGovern. They were both non-party hacks. Pied Piper candidates with a vision for our country that matches mine. Thus, irresistible and unelectable.
Politics is a grubby business. One full of conflict and compromise. Winning the Presidency …
