Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 11, 2024

One Man, One Vote Is Now an Illusion

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The New York Times and many other news outlets have just reported that Elon Musk spent over $250 million supporting Donald Trump's camp...
Sunday, November 28, 2021

The State of American Democracy, the Body Politic

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Over the course of almost 250 years, American democracy has often been a raucous place, both at the level of the citizenry and elected offic...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Trump as Pandora - The Unleashing of Evil

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None of the hate and bigotry, the meanness and self-centeredness, that has become a prominent aspect of our society, our body politic since ...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

Republican Representatives and Senators Must Be Held Accountable

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When Congressmen take the oath of office, they swear that they will "support and defend"  the Constitution.   A central part of th...
Friday, August 9, 2019

The 2020 Election Is about the Survival of American Democracy, of Historic American Values

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The title of this piece may strike the reader as over the top, but it really isn’t.   Because it isn’t about whether the form of democr...
Friday, December 14, 2018

ATTN: Liberals and Conservatives - What Is the Role of Government?

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In these days of enraged people on both sides of the political spectrum, it would be helpful to take a deep breath, step back from the ...
Saturday, October 6, 2018

Collins' Tragic Error on the Kavanaugh Vote

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Part of the tragic error of Senator Collin’s thought process is that the issue and the hearing was not part of a criminal process ...
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Our Society in Danger

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Recently, two new books that explain the danger the Trump presidency poses to the survival of our democracy have attracted much attention: ...