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(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 23, 2020 Covid-19 Relief and Beyond
The impact of Covid-19 on the lives of most Americans cannot be resolved by the typical small-minded thinking coming out of Congress, which has shown itself incapable, collectively, of understanding the scope of the emergency and the need to put party interests aside and work cooperatively to mitigate the crisis.
SHARE Monday, November 23, 2020 Dealing With COVID-19
Looking beyond the present pandemonium, many observers anticipate the economy to recover to pre-COVID-19 conditions within a year or two after distribution of pending vaccines. But will the world ever be the same - and do we want it to be the same?
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, October 31, 2020 Hints of Things To Come
Trump will not go quietly into that night of oblivion. He is desperate to remain in office, mainly for the selfish ends of protecting himself with the help of his co-conspirators against impending legal actions and potentially criminal disclosures.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Supreme Travesty
The drama of picking the Supreme Court justice to fill the vacancy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg would resemble a Shakespearean comedy if it were not so tragic. It reveals the basic fallacy of the constitutional process that allegedly upholds the judicial integrity and independence of the court but actually turns it into a sinister plot of shoddy politics.
SHARE Thursday, September 24, 2020 The People vs. Mitch McConnell
Amidst all the frenzy of Trump's and Mitch McConnell's stratagem of rushing through the appointment of a Supreme Court justice of their choice before the November 3 election, there is an alternate path that would correct the ethical and legal controversies triggered by their actions.
SHARE Sunday, September 20, 2020 Religion Politics
With the pending selection of a new Supreme Court justice by Trump and the current Republican-controlled senate, we are now facing the possibility of an overriding reactionary court impeding indispensable fundamental change for many years.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 9, 2020 War or Peace - Democracy vs. Militarism
Democracy can flourish only in a peaceful climate. It is incompatible with a large military that devours huge portions of the national budget and serves the purposes of the private economic governing faction involved in global operations and conspiracies.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Convention Nightmare
When people chanted "four more years", Trump responded "twelve more years!" Did I dream this or did it actually happen?
SHARE Friday, August 21, 2020 Hey, Mr. Nice Guy Joe!
Considering the state of the union, we need strong signs that bold and immediate steps are taken to counter the mafia actions of our current administration. The dismantling of the postal service is a clear-cut subterfuge of constitutional magnitude.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, August 14, 2020 Mail-in Ballot Paradox
Trump is now trumpeting about the inadequacy of the postal service to handle the volume of ballots as the main reason for inhibiting voting by mail.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, August 9, 2020 Desparate Republican Election Strategies
This may be just another conspiracy theory (my own) about desperate republican strategies to save the upcoming election for Trump when his ratings are rapidly falling,
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 23, 2020 How Not To Get Re-elected
With every wrong move by the Trump administration to control the many disturbances now engulfing our country, Trump's ratings and chances for re-election sink.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 8, 2020 The Limits of Religious Freedom
There seems to be consensus that the basic freedom of religious belief applies to individuals and private groups. The individual can hold any religious view and can speak out about it in a peaceful assembly, but cannot impose his viewpoint upon others or the government.
SHARE Sunday, June 21, 2020 It's Time For a Constitutional Convention
At present, the constitution is used mainly as a basis for retaining the status quo. It is time to call for a national convention by whatever means to update the constitution so that the government is required to solve real problems in the contemporary world.
SHARE Friday, June 12, 2020 Why We Can't Have Universal Healthcare .. Unless ..
A detailed review of the bills for a common medical procedure reveals deep flaws in the financial structure of our private healthcare system, reflecting a more widespread acceptance of arbitrary, absurd, and oftentimes purely fraudulent costs in the industrial/military complex and other sectors of our economy.
SHARE Sunday, April 12, 2020 Coronavirus Casino
Covid-19 is of a global scale, shutting down much of the world's manufacturing and retail activity our economies depend upon and isolating hundreds of millions of people unable to carry on their local and globally interconnected livelihoods, instilling fears for their lives, families and futures.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, March 2, 2020 Our "Manchurian" President
Russia's surreptitious influence in our elections thru social media is the contemporary form of psychological warfare depicted in the classic film "The Manchurian Candidate".
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, February 7, 2020 Thank you, Mr. Trump
Trump and his administration may be credited for restoring America on the path to greatness.
(7 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 7, 2020 More Iran Crisis
One sociopath and his inner circle, taking every advantage of the shortcomings of our constitutional democracy, have abused their power to cover up his crimes and save the fortunes and privileges of their kind to the detriment of the rest of us.
SHARE Monday, December 23, 2019 Public Enemy #2
In the matter of balance of powers, the big question is whether one house of congress, in the form of one person delegated by its internal rules, has the authority to obstruct the constitutional power and duty of the other (or the president), representing the interests of the entire nation,