BROWN SHIRTS
The events in Minneapolis last week, and a book I am presently reading by Heather Cox-Richardson called “Democracy Awakening”, prompted me to write this blog, …
DISBAND
In this blog, I will float the idea that the United States should totally disband both major political parties, Democratic and Republican. The only …
THE COMING TRUMP CRACKUP
“The Coming Trump Crackup” is an interesting and poignant article by David Brooks that I thought was worth publishing as a blog in its entirety, …
AN UNFORTUNATE TRUTH
It is, perhaps, an unfortunate truth that the image of a country is often synonymous with the image of its ruler, at least in the …
IMPEACHING
There have been rumblings in the Democratic Party recently about impeaching Donald Trump, but no action so far, although something is due to happen next …
DAVID BROOKS
This article, written by David Brooks about a new book by George Packer of The Atlantic, struck me as a pretty good analysis of where …
TRUMP’S GREED
I am getting increasingly annoyed and frustrated by the U.S. media’s avoidance of mentioning Trump’s greed as the obvious, and sole, motivation for his actions. …
A DIFFERENT STRATEGY
In this blog, I should like to propose a different strategy for eradicating the blight on the United States that is called Donald Trump and …
LEWIS AND CLARK
An article appeared in the December 20, 2025 edition of The Economist which tracked the adventures of Lewis and Clark in their survey of the …
HUMAN EMPATHY
I was reminded during this Christmas season of two very special events that demonstrated human empathy at an unexpected level and in two completely different …