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While the results of the 2020 election seemed clear a few nights ago, I can't express the elation and relief I felt today when the major news organizations called the election for the former Vice President, now President-Elect Joe Biden. I know it's not official and it won't be until January 6th, 2021 when the …
As the 2020 Presidential Election continues to unfold, I think I may have learned something truly fundamental that I just couldn't see before, because I was looking at the forest and the trees. I was looking at the biggest possible picture and finding so many flaws in the man currently leading our nation, that I …
Do you remember years ago, when the United States launched the War on Terror and we suddenly had Republicans and their media cohorts asking, "why do you hate America?" anytime someone questioned something being done in the name of this ill defined "war"? Perhaps you're too young to recall it, but I certainly do. Another …
With 8 days to go, I've put my final stamp of approval on the electoral map for the 2020 General Election. I feel pretty confident of this result, and if anything, I've underestimated Joe Biden's likely victory. My prediction is based mostly on polling, but not entirely. I've also considered the following: More people have …
The system is fundamentally damaged. We have a President who was elected by a minority of the electorate. We have a Senate, where a minority of the populace is represented by a majority of the Senators. Wyoming has as many Senators as California. South Dakota as many as New York. The Senate Majority Leader ignores …
For the first time since I was living in Frankfurt, Germany in 1988 working for Uncle Sam, I voted absentee. It wasn't an easy decision as I relish voting in every election as I have since turning 19, but the pandemic overrode the pleasure I take in standing in line and pushing the buttons, pulling …
The Feds moving into Portland in camouflage military gear and snatching people off the street into unmarked vans is the final straw for me. I can't actually believe it's happening, but it is, and Trump and his cronies are doubling down on this unconstitutional theft of the rights of American citizens to basically stand around …
With the publication of Mary Trump's book, the world is learning about the dysfunctional family life that helped create the pathology we see in Donald Trump. While we obviously didn't have all the private background details of the man's life, the end result has been on display for decades. There is nothing that can be …
The Federal Government murdered a man this morning, for the first time in almost two decades. While murder is illegal for the average person to commit, it isn't for the government and that should give one pause. I will state at the outset that I believe the Constitution of the United States pretty clearly states …
Protesting against tyranny, against government abuse, against human rights violations, this is the essence of the nation known as America. What we are seeing today across the nation is a demonstration of what it means to be American. Citizens are protesting police brutality specifically, but with the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, the catastrophic unemployment …
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