In November, Trump banners, flags, and boards decorated the back roads in Wisconsin like a parade route on the Fourth of July. Even the sides of barns were painted like billboards for Trump. It proclaimed what had to be a landslide for the President. The source of this cult of personality, and hatred of all things Democrat, was FOX supplemented …
Prior to the Civil War, America called itself “these United States.” After the Civil War, America called itself “the United States” – the United States of America. It was only after six hundred and twenty-five thousand soldiers died and four million slaves were freed that America became one thing: a union and not simply a confederation of states. And it …
When day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade?
The loss we carry, a sea we must wade.
We’ve braved the belly of the beast.
We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace,
and the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice.
And yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it.…
No one deserves to be impeached and convicted more than President Donald J. Trump, unless it is the thousands of his followers who stormed the Capitol last week, or the elected Republicans who swore to defend the Constitution and failed to do so, or the 75 million people who, after four years of openly dictatorial behavior, voted against Democracy.
However, …