We are seeing the manifestation of the problem of anti-democratic government. The idea that Russia is a democracy is laughable. It exists in a notional concept only, with anyone mounting even the slightest threat to Putin’s monopoly on power being arrested, banned from running, or killed outright. What followed Stalin’s consolidation of power, and Hitler’s, …
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Banning Books.
It is February 2022 and throughout the United States of America there is a renewal of the old conservative trend of banning books. We even had a preacher hold a book burning rite. Along with this we have several states proposing or even making laws that restrict what public school teachers may talk about with …
Is Ukraine Our Sarajevo Moment?
Tensions are mounting along the border between Russia and Ukraine. It is quite possible that Russia will invade Ukraine. Their goal is to create a Ukrainian state that is aligned with and a puppet of Russia. It is not a secret that Putin wants to recreate the borders of the former Soviet Union. He has …
Russia Will Invade Ukraine
And China will invade Taiwan. The leaders of these two countries have territorial ambitions that are plain to see. Xi, in China intends to be the most significant leader of that country in the modern age, not merely this generation. He has made himself President for life in a country where only the party that …
I’m Camping On The Left
Is This The Right Camp? For much of my life I’ve been a Democrat. There was a long period when I had no party affiliation, and even some several years when I thought I was a libertarian. But that was before I realized libertarianism is a fraud, and while I was still under the influence …
America Was Not Built On Morals
America wasn’t built on morals. It was built on reason. I reject everyone’s morals universally. All but my own. And everyone else should do the same. Morals are personal beliefs that guide your life. They establish the base conduct for one’s self, or at least the standard to which one aspires. But one should reject …
What They Are Afraid Of
The political right has been using the word “Socialism” as a pejorative against the left for more than one hundred years. And to be sure, much of what has been promoted by the progressives in the US, from the Teddy Roosevelt “Square Deal” Republicans to the Franklin Roosevelt “New Deal” Democrats, aligned with much of …
Pelosi’s Chess Move
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi showed her strategic brilliance again in the multistage chess move on staffing her Select Committee on the January 6 Insurrection. After appointing Liz Chaney straight away because of how badly her own party had treated her; which sent the message that she was ready for honest political rivals to …
Charge Him, Arrest Him, And Fight The Rebellion That Follows
Let’s keep this simple. Forget about Trump wanting to be a kingmaker, or drive the future of the Republican Party. His first priority is staying out of prison.That’s it. Everything he does has that as a motivator. With criminal investigations going on in several states and at the federal level, and the statements made by …
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An Atheist On National Prayer Day
In 2008 The Freedom From Religion Foundation sued the US Federal Government over National Prayer day, arguing that the ability of the government to assign a day to prayer amounted to an endorsement of religion, and that it could cause harm to those who do not believe in deities by stigmatizing them.They lost on appeal …