One Nation Under FearThings that were going on in the 50’s and 60’s turned out to be seminal and related events that had a compound effect that we are…Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
Why Vietnam was a tragedy and COVID a crime.Fifty thousand American soldiers (among the approximately 2,500,000 deaths on all sides, civilian and military) died in good faith service…Oct 11, 2020Oct 11, 2020
Beyond BeliefI came to this title before realizing the role that faith/religion/belief has played in our recent (50 year) political landscape. What I…Oct 30, 2017Oct 30, 2017
Morality and ReligionFrom Wikipedia … Morality (from the Latin moralitas “manner, character, proper behavior”) is the differentiation of intentions, decisions…Sep 28, 2017Sep 28, 2017
Who Knows the Difference Between Facts and the Truth?From an oped in the New York Times from Paul Krugman,Sep 28, 2017Sep 28, 2017
I Wanna Grow Up to be a Politician…with apologies to the Birds, Jacque Cohen and Roger McGuinn….Sep 28, 2017Sep 28, 2017
TV and Trump and usFirst, my apologies for extensive quotations, however, as Montaigne said, I quote others only in order to better express myself.Sep 26, 20171Sep 26, 20171
Open letter to IndivisibleIn 2009, during a discussion with friends on the causes of the financial crisis, I said that it seemed clear that the deregulation of the…Mar 20, 2017Mar 20, 2017
The Trouble with SheepIn 2009, during a discussion with friends on the causes of the financial crisis, I said that it seemed clear that the deregulation of the…Dec 2, 2016Dec 2, 2016
The New NormalIn an excellent book published in February of 2015, Steve Fraser examines the difference between the original and the current gilded age of…Dec 2, 2016Dec 2, 2016