I am reading a biography of Ronald Reagan (“Sleepwalking Through History” by Haynes Johnson). Donald Trump is pictured in the book and also described as a symbol of the Reagan years product of self-promoting greed, over-hyped success, and accumulation and flaunt of wealth. Inaugural balls and subsequent events gave the rich and famous ample opportunity…
Category: Politics
From the Denver Sister March on Washington
I am a white male. I was in the Denver sister march on January 21st. It was a wonderful experience! It was very reassuring to be in a group of like-minded people, not as an angry rally opposed to others, but as a positive expression of human rights. Women’s rights are human rights, women’s lives…
A New Coalition Government for the USA
Instead of electing the POTUS, who then appoints a cabinet, we (optionally) eliminate the office of the President and instead elect the cabinet level leaders directly. They would still be part of the executive branch of government. We would promote the involvement of minor parties and essentially eliminate the Democratic and Republican parties, which we’ve…
Brainwashed Gun Owners
Throughout the first few decades of the 20th Century, mine workers in West Virginia struggled to unionize against mine owners who controlled every facet of their lives. At times, it was an armed rebellion, the largest since the Civil War. At its peak, it was the largest battle of armed American against the armed hired gunmen…
Young People, it’s Your Turn
Dear young people of USA, it’s your turn to make the nation better. Those of us activists made in the 1960s and 1970s expected to have our turn at governance. We protested the Vietnam War, we protested racism, we created Earth Day, we thought we would roll into Congress and make the nation into a…