What do alpha male Putin and alpha male wannabee Trump have to look forward to? The two losers are forever linked by the dual frontpage headlines above the fold on the print edition of the New York Times, November 10, 2022. Across the top, headline read “those who passed the litmus test to become approved […]
State of American History, Civics, and Politics
Are Democrats Capable of Crafting a New National Narrative?
For roughly two decades, the Democratic Party was content to rest on its laurels. After all there was a demographic deluge coming that would guarantee the election of Democrats just as assuredly as the election of a Republican governor in Wisconsin would guarantee Republican victories forever in the state. It always won the popular vote […]
What will White Racists Do if the Republican Party Becomes Diverse?
The Democratic Party is the party of diversity. Everyone knows that. Night after night, talking-heads reiterate the message they deliver podcast after podcast, op-ed piece after op-ed piece, article after article. The demographics of the American voting population is changing and white people, especially non-college educated white people are the losers. As a result they […]
Demographic Deluge, Democratic Nightmare: The Emerging Democratic Majority
At this point in time, thanks to the demographic deluge, the Democrats should be coasting to victory. Or so was prophesied two decades ago. The Emerging Democratic Majority By John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira Political experts John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira convincingly use hard data — demographic, geographic, economic, and political — to […]
Can Trump Succeed Where Hitler, the Soviet Union, and Bin Laden Failed?
Adolph Hitler could not destroy America. The Soviet Union could not destroy America. Osama Bin-Laden could not destroy America. Donald Trump can but he needs help. On January 3, 2021, I posted a political action thriller blog. It was about the books and movies from the 1960s, where people were trying to take over the […]
Putin’s Big Lie versus Trump’s Big Lie
We stand at Armageddon: so said Teddy Roosevelt over a century ago. Today Armageddon is back in the news. It is explicitly in news due to the comments of the current President of the United States hearkening back to the Cuban Missile Crisis. But there is another Armageddon pending the return of “Orange Jesus” to […]
Russians Reject Putin’s Big Lie
What will Putin do? I ask that question as someone with access to no secret sources, no classified government materials, and no friends in the know. I ask it as someone who reads articles and watches news and talk shows. We are witnessing a battle between the real world and the mind of […]
Queen Elizabeth and the American Revolution 250th
Queen Elizabeth dominated the news for several days if not longer. For a brief moment, the world saw Great Britain at its best. We saw its palaces, churches, and chapels. We watched its processions. We witnessed its people stand patiently in astonishingly long lines for hours on end for their turn to glimpse and pay […]
Judge Aileen Cannon Boldly Goes Where Vice President Mike Pence Feared to Go
Female Latinx immigrant Aileen Cannon had the strength to go where home-grown Mike Pence feared to go. For weeks leading up to January 6 and in the time since then we have been hearing about the lack of strength of weak Mike Pence. Some of the accusations and appropriate repercussions voiced on January 6 were […]
All Primaries Should be Open (and Other Lessons from 2022)
As the primary season draws to a close, We the People have the opportunity to learn from what has transpired these past months. The rules and regulations governing the primary season are not derived from the Constitution. The Founding Fathers had an abhorrence of the very concept of factions. Indeed, for much of our history, […]