At his inaugural address on January 20, 2017, President Donald Trump infamously said, “This American carnage ends right here and ends right now.” As usual, Trump was wrong. Due to his presidency and his destructive behavior since he left office on January 20, 2021, American carnage has grown. Given this, an overarching question as we approach the presidential election of 2024 is: Will the American citizens vote to bring carnage back to the presidency by electing Donald … [Read more...]

      Two roads diverge in America today And we cannot travel both While some would decry the “politics of envy”, others would decry the “politics of inequality” While some would call protecting those at risk “socialist”, others would call caring for those less fortunate “humanist” While some would embrace “free market capitalism”, others would embrace “the democratic society” While some would make government “the enemy of the people”, others would make government … [Read more...]

    In the United States of America in 2024, there is unquestionably an urban-rural divide politically, with Republicans dominating in rural areas and Democrats dominating in urban areas. This divide is not recent. It has been developing for some time, but it has expanded considerably in this 21st century. Suzanne Mettler, professor of political science at Cornell University, and her student, Trevor Brown, point this out in their 2022 Annals of Political … [Read more...]

    Hillbilly Elegy, a book written by JD Vance, the current Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, was a best seller in 2016. Vance’s book was a “memoir” and story about the devastating problems in his family life and the white working class city of Middletown, Ohio in which he grew up. Elegies are typically written to mourn loss, and to reflect upon and pay tribute to who or what was lost. Vance’s Elegy did not. It primarily placed blame on those “hillbillies” who … [Read more...]

    I want to be happy But I won’t be happy Till I make you happy too. Life’s really worth living When we are mirth giving Why can’t I give some to you When skies are gray and you say you are blue I’ll send the sun smiling through Those are lyrics from “I Want to be Happy,” a song written for the musical No, No, Nanette in 1925. In the first half century after that, from 1925 until 1975, versions of … [Read more...]

      The school year is over. School is out. The students are gone. The teachers have left. Sadly, many of those teachers have left permanently and will never return. For a variety of reasons. in 2024, public school teaching is a profession at risk. What Teachers are Thinking and Feeling The primary reasons for that risk, however, are the thoughts and feelings of teachers themselves. A Pew Research Center (Pew) report, released on April 4, states that “Public … [Read more...]

  Is Joe Biden too old to run for President? Why didn’t any true contender run against him in the primaries? Why is he doing so badly in the polls, in spite of his presidential accomplishments? Can he beat Donald Trump? If he does, will he be competent to serve out his full term? Those are just a few of the questions that many — possibly the majority of — traditional Democratic supporters are asking themselves in the run-up to the presidential election to be held on November 5. Polls … [Read more...]

    I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the facts. — Abraham Lincoln “A foundation of our American way of life is our national respect for law.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man. — Ronald Reagan In 2024, there is a Republican Party in name only. The party of … [Read more...]

    In 2024, Donald Trump continues to perpetuate the Big Lie and to add a litany of new lies into his liar’s bushel basket. He does this in the hope that an agenda of no truths now, as it has in the past, will end up producing no consequences for him in the future. In this blog, we look back briefly at Donald Trump’s lying before he became president and at his lying during his presidential tenure. After that, we examine his lying today. Donald Trump’s Lying … [Read more...]

    Our federal judicial system was designed to be a place where decisions could be reached and rulings could be made in an objective and nonpartisan manner. Recent rulings, commentary, and research indicates this is not happening. In fact, the composition of a court and the political orientation of the judges have a substantial impact on a court’s rulings. Supreme Court Decisions and Rulings We have been writing about the Supreme Court’s Republican conservative membership … [Read more...]