People can mistake politicians’ bluster for boldness and wisdom. Making political assertions without substance has created myths often mistaken for political truth. Time for some myth-busting. The “deep state” is running the country, according to one myth. The country is secretly under the control of unseen, unelected people. Who are they? Powerful corporations and faceless […]
A country with nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, increasingly ready to use them, last week abruptly broke off negotiations with the U.S. Nobody noticed. Possible impeachment of the president has nudged other stories from the top spot in the news. Meanwhile, North Korea’s growing nuclear arsenal and American inability to prevent it got the silent […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a plan: no impeachment of President Trump. As the highest-ranking elected Democrat, she could impose her plan on her fellow Democrats, even over the objections of a wing of the Party anxious to attack. Why did she prevent an impeachment inquiry? The Mueller report revealed Trump’s effort to block the […]
For Donald Trump, the United States of America is his business. He runs the U.S. government like a subsidiary of The Trump Organization, which he wholly owns and is designed to make him both wealthy and famous. He has managed the federal government much as he manages his company – hands on, without a board […]
It looks like the 2020 presidential election is just about over. Much of the media seems to report that the pre-election polls tell us what we need to know about the candidates. The pundits forecast just what the winner will do after taking office. Have polls, promises, and pundits settled matters more than 13 months […]
The future of the Republican Party may be written in London. The splintering of the British Conservative Party over Brexit looks remarkably similar to what might happen to the Republicans. The Conservatives, known as Tories, were taken over by right-wing activists and tossed 21 members of Parliament out of the party after they refused to […]
When it comes to climate change and renewable energy, there’s some good news, but a lot of bad news. Most people would probably agree that if we could produce energy without harming the environment and at lower cost than the traditional fuels, we should do it. But we keep running into problems making that virtually […]
How do you picture the typical American of the future? A prosperous tech specialist, assured of a challenging and well-paid job in a thriving environment? Or retired or nearing retirement, living on a tight budget in uncertain health? Because of two widening gaps – between the wealthy and everybody else and the old and everybody […]
Last week, Maine joined other states in two federal court cases seeking to overturn Trump Administration moves. By now, that’s routine. States frequently team up to oppose actions by the executive branch. The party doesn’t matter. States governed by Democrats challenge President Trump and states governed by Republicans are still chasing President Obama. The result […]
Is America facing an invasion? The right-wing forces in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 thought so. The El Paso shooter thought so. Fox News commentators think so. President Trump thinks so. The “invaders” are people arriving at the border, trying to become immigrants. Some opponents claim their real intent is to undermine America. If you thought […]
