The Department of “Homeland Security”?
Donald Trump's efforts to make our country more "secure" are regularly in the headlines: "Trump administration prepares to send more deported immigrants to notorious El Salvador prison", April 9, 2025,…
Zelensky vs Trump; What the Pundits Get Wrong.
Across the spectrum, media pundits have been criticizing Ukranian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for mishandling Donald Trump in their White House meeting: Fareed Zakaria, CNN: "Zelensky did not handle himself well...He…
Is it actually possible that Donald Trump is a Russian operative?
It sounds crazy to even ask this question. It sounds like conspiracy theory nonsense. Could it actually be possible? Take a look at the evidence. Firstly, how would a Russian…
What we get wrong about the Founding Fathers and how it hurts us
The Founding Fathers never intended to build a broad-based, inclusive representative democracy. This must be understood. Instead, their concern was to build a narrowly-based, exclusive representative democracy that enhanced and…
A TOXIC BREW? TECHNOLOGY, INEQUALITY, AND ISOLATIONISM
The first 25 years of the twenty-first century in the United States have been dominated by three powerful forces: a technological revolution, increasing income and wealth inequality, and a withdrawal…
AMERICAN CAESAR?
It is important to be cautious whenever current events are paralleled with historical occurrences. We've seen a lot of that, by both sides, in comparing this past election and with…
January 6, 2020 as Counter-Revolution
What happened on January 6, 2020 has been alternatively described as an insurrection, a rebellion, an insurgency, and a coup attempt. As accurate as these descriptors may be, I believe…
Democracy isn’t Easy
Given the rise of powerful anti-democratic forces across the country and across the globe, it can be all too easy to catastrophize about the demise and death of democracy. Trumpism…