Values, Reality, and Politics
The Death of Socrates, by Jaques-Louis David (1787) Wikimedia Commons / Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1931 Let it be stipulated the two major American political philosophies, more or less … Read More
Tag: Political Disputes
Differing positions between political parties, including their bases and other supporters.
The Trump Era Begins
President Donald J. Trump delivering his inaugural address, January 20, 2017 Screenshot of ABC News broadcast Uncompromising. That was the major tone of Donald Trump’s inaugural address on the west … Read More
Do American Progressives Have Historical Amnesia?
The signing of the U.S. Constitution, one of the latest fruits of the Age of Enlightenment Current Location: East Stairway, House of Representatives Wing, U.S. Capitol Wikimedia Commons / Howard Chandler … Read More
U.S. Detente With Russia?
Secretary of State Designate Rex Tillerson, then ExxonMobil CEO, with President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation on April 16, 2012 Wikimedia Commons / premier.gov.ru The Democratic Party has found … Read More
Will Progressives’ Expectation of Fascism Be Frustrated?
Trump’s nominees for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson (Wikimedia Commons / Office of the President-elect), and for the Attorney General, Jeff Sessions (Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Senate) American progressives are … Read More
Can Americans See Only the Yin and Not the Yang?
The Yin and Yang of our ideological realities (c) Can Stock Photo / arkela Light and Dark. Good and Evil. What you are For and What you are Against. Yang and … Read More
The Progressives’ War On the Separation of Powers
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, 18 January 1689-10 February 1755 Wikimedia Commons / Currently at the Palace of Versailles In my last two posts, I … Read More
How a Democracy Evolves Into Fascism
The Robert F. Kennedy Building in 2006, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Justice. DOJ’s Operation Choke Point is an important case study in how democracies can evolve toward … Read More
Trump’s Antidote to the Progressive Infection
The first three progressive presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons / Pach Brothers , Wikimedia Commons / George Grantham Bain , and Wikimedia Commons / Harris … Read More
A Nervous Face-off Against Chinese Imperialism
Naval vessel of the the People’s Liberation Army Navy. Center for Security Policy In the United States over the past eight years, China has found its perfect enemy, more concerned … Read More
Delusions of Progressives and Other Dirigistes
“For now we see through a glass darkly . . .”, Holy Bible, King James Version, 1 Corinthians 13:12 Flickr.com / David Singleton As history has shown us over and … Read More
How Flexible Are Progressive Minds?
The Thinker by Auguste Rodin. This is what we must all do if we are to survive as a free nation! Wikimedia Commons / Andrew Horne The reactions by … Read More
Progressives Doubling Down
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) campaigning for Hillary Clinton, October 2016. Warren is one of the leading forces in the Democratic Party. Wikimedia Commons / Tim Pierce Elizabeth Warren, one of … Read More
Progressives’ Hypocrisy Is Showing
Anti-Trump riot in Portland, Oregon following President-elect Trump’s election Screenshot from a CNN broadcast To this very day, progressives are not just demonstrating to protest Donald Trump’s election, but rioting and … Read More
Political Corruption Not Limited to Hillary Clinton
At the eye of the storm. FBI Director James Comey at July 7, 2016 House Oversight Committee hearing. Screen shot of Fox News broadcast Like a boulder rolling downhill, the … Read More
Can This Election Season Get Any More Amazing?
Oh, No! Not Again! Screen shot from a Fox News broadcast Are we living in the real world, or are we living in some fictional world straight from the imagination of … Read More
Clinton and Trump on Foreign Policy
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take the stage at the third and final Presidential debate. The differences between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on foreign policy appear to be more … Read More
Does Trump Have a Chance?
Screen shot from last night’s final Presidential Debate As aired by C-SPAN Donald J. Trump is certainly not an articulate man, a weakness that is especially troubling for an aspirant … Read More
The Consequences of a Hillary Clinton Presidency
Imagine Hillary Clinton here. The Oval Office during the administration of William Jefferson Clinton Wikimedia Commons/National Archives and Records Administration I hate to say it, but it sure looks like … Read More
Ethics and Morals in American Politics
Which is more immoral? Photo Credits: CNN.com and CNN.com You know the United States has fallen on very hard times when conversations about nominees … Read More
How to Form Your Personal Ideology
The Thinker in The Gates of Hell at the Musée Rodin Wikimedia Commons/Jean-Pierre Dalbéra, Paris, France The most sacred words any human being can utter are “I believe …”, The more … Read More
Hillary and The Donald On the Economy
Our sad choices: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Photo Credits Left to Right: WikiMedia Commons/Voice of America, Wikimedia Commons/Michael Vadon On the day when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are … Read More
Economic Optimism Fading
The Wall Street Journal considers these three declining indicators as indicative of continuing economic stagnation. Wall Street Journal/Federal Reserve District Bank of St. Louis The Wall Street Journal has just … Read More
The Legacy of 9/11/2001
The North Face of Two World Trade Center (south tower) immediately after being struck by United Airlines Flight 175. Wikimedia Commons/Robert on Flickr It has been fifteen years to the … Read More
Is Russia Stable?
Moscow Victory Day Parade, 2015 Wikimedia Commons/Kremlin.ru Russia is having increasingly difficult economic problems, as was discussed in my last post. A large part of the reason for that can … Read More
If Hillary Clinton Were President …
Hillary Clinton speaking at the Brown & Black Presidential Forum in Des Moines, Iowa on January 11, 2016 Wikimedia Commons/Arthur Skidmore Given how the bombastic Donald is increasingly sabotaging his own … Read More
Where the Left Is Leading the World: Catastrophe
The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789 during the French Revolution Wikimedia Commons/Bibilothèque Nationale de France If you have read any of my posts and detected a somewhat gloomy … Read More
The GOP’s Better Way
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wi) taking over the House Speakership from Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) Wikimedia Commons/Office of Speaker Paul D. Ryan On a lot of issues Donald Trump has been … Read More
The U.S. Federal Government Budget
Total U.S. Federal Government Debt in millions of dollars (blue curve with scale on the left), and its share of GDP in percent (maroon curve with scale on the right). St. … Read More