Alabama Senate Race, Obamacare Repeal, Puerto Rico, Russia and the NFL
In these last few months, blogging has been my outlet. I have no illusions of grandeur; my friend Susannah is convinced that I should work for Rachel Maddow. I am […]
United States Foreign Commitments
Life is full of commitments. Some are legal, others are emotional. In foreign policy and international relations, commitments come in the form of treaties and non-binding agreements. In the United […]
2021
2021 is the year that experts predict will see the passing of the World War II generation. As of 2017, the Department of Veteran’s Affairs estimated that less than […]
Avoiding Tyranny – It Takes Work
Sophomore year of college I took a history course on Ancient Rome. I liked the professor and so every Tuesday night from 6:00 – 8:50 p.m. I sat in […]
Truth and Facts
“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, […]
Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History
Katy Tur was the NBC/MSNBC journalist assigned to the Trump campaign. She spent a year and a half following him from rally to debate, uniquely incurring his wrath from the […]
Tammy Wynette, Tea Bags and Baking
This post, or parts of it, has been twenty-five years in the making. Unfortunately, it does not have the ending I wanted or the one America needed. But there […]
Truth and Power
“The more our feelings diverge, the more deeply felt they are, the greater is our obligation to grant the sincerity and essential decency of our fellow citizens on the other […]
Lion of the Senate
“When Ted Kennedy Rallied the Democrats in a GOP Congress” An interesting read describing how “stuff” gets done in the United States Senate. Ted Kennedy was a master legislator […]
The Case Against Congressional Term Limits
Well, this will be controversial. For progressives and Democrats, November 8, 1994, was a shock. We were two years into the Clinton Administration and overnight, Democrats lost their majority in […]
The Health Care Industry: How Did We Get Here?
In 1918 President Wilson created the National War Labor Board. It was made up of twelve members from business and labor with an objective being to ensure that labor strikes […]
IIRIRA – Heard Of It?
In September 1996, then President Bill Clinton signed into law the “Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.” Having been very aware of the political headwinds at that time, I […]