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The Real Cancel Culture

Here is the real "cancel culture". When the reactionary right ascended to power preaching that "government is the problem" they began the...

Mar 21, 20212 min read

Contrary to two generations of propaganda promoted by government officials of both major parties, the liberties, rights and freedoms...

Jan 18, 20211 min read

It is a misconception that the Founding Fathers mistrusted government. They had a profound appreciation for the role of government in...

Jan 16, 20211 min read

Those in the thrall of the Leader Principal are conditioned to understand that anything that opposes, undermines or otherwise calls into...

Jan 16, 20211 min read

In a Constitutional Democracy - in which the overwhelming majority of the population is enfranchised (since the 1960s) - the premise that...

Jan 16, 20211 min read

Based on an old eastern European folk tale.

Jan 16, 20211 min read

How much does your vote count? According to 2012 presidential election data compiled by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Corn

Oct 19, 20167 min read

Perhaps because I’ve been known to express an opinion or two about the state of our political process, many people have been asking me...

Oct 13, 20167 min read

We are taught that strength lies in imposing our will upon others. We are taught that winning is strength. This is the strength of...

Aug 23, 20161 min read

If you are of a certain age and you are from rural Maine, you know what the term "One-way" means. It has nothing to do with highway...

Jun 14, 20162 min read