While we struggle through the effects of this pandemic, and deal with the legions of nut-cases who support ludicrous conspiracies and outrageous attempts to overturn the election result, as well as a President who seems increasingly detached from reality and appears willing to engage in overt sedition and treason to avoid admitting his loss; we …
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Authoritarianism In America Is Not New
I’m a history minded fellow and sometimes I forget that others are not. I tend to study history more than most, but not as much as many others. And there is a sliding scale of interest that ranges across the vast depth of history. Even the most studious have blind spots where our knowledge is …
Covid-19 Is Our Pearl Harbor
As I start writing this piece it is the 79th anniversary of the Japanese attack on US naval and army forces at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, in the (then) US Territory of Hawaii.I won’t talk about the attack itself, nor the war as a whole. I identify the attack because it was this that brought a …
The Religious Supremacy Court
Regarding this latest decision by the US Supreme Court.State lawmakers have tended to view churches in how they are used, while religious leaders view them from subjective importance.The typical church experience consists of sitting in close proximity to others for extended periods while repeating prayers, often in a call and response ritual. In this way …
The Coming “Arrangement.”
It is one week after election day. The obvious reality to anyone not in the cult is that the race is over and the results show Donald John Trump was defeated. But Trump hasn’t conceded and now he is trying to snag a win with a Hail Mary. He thinks he can get enough traction …
We Aren’t Rushing
I hear some people are still thinking that we are rushing to conclude that the election is decided.That Democrats are pushing our national acceptance of a Biden victory before the results are certain. This isn’t true.Of course there are still votes to count, but not enough to change the outcome.Of course there will be at …
Tomorrow We Vote
Tomorrow we vote. This is how we decide who will lead us. We vote. And then we count the vote and we go forward with (most) people hoping that whoever wins does a good job. And we keep working to find the best way forward for us all.There was always disagreement, and there was always …
Turn Away From Trump
To some of you good folks who are still planning to vote for Trump. We all know that some of his supporters are vile people, so know that I am not speaking to them. I understand the appeal four years ago. Trump was brash and independent. He was going to shake things up and upend …
I Voted
I have always enjoyed going to the polls on election day. For all the study I’ve done about what people went through so that I may cast a vote and share in the democratic process, I consider voting a sacred honor. Going back multiple great-grandfathers, voting has been a tradition since the founding of the …
Losers And Suckers
I enlisted in the U.S. Navy when I was 13 years old. Or at least I tried to. I was a bit large for my age and faked my birth certificate to say I was 18. It didn’t work, as my mother stepped in when the recruiter showed up to take me to AFEES (Armed …