Thursday, December 31, 2020
Friday, December 25, 2020
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Monday, December 14, 2020
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Thursday, December 10, 2020
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
Thursday, November 26, 2020
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Tuesday, November 17, 2020
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Thursday, October 29, 2020
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Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020
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Friday, October 9, 2020
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Friday, September 18, 2020
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Thursday, September 10, 2020
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Thursday, September 3, 2020
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Sunday, August 9, 2020
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
The American Tragedy
The downward slide to Donald Trump began in 1980 with the election of Ronald Reagan to the highest office in the land. Every U.S. President, Republican and Democrat, has accepted the post-Reagan paradigm and, in his own way, has operated within it. No post-Reagan President has attempted to bring an end to the right-wing revanchement that Reagan inaugurated. Unless and until the American people are able to muster the political will to re-trace the steps of two generations of Chief Executives (Reagan-Bush I-Clinton-Bush II-Obama-Trump) and reverse the damage done at each step, the American tragedy will continue to unfold.
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Friday, July 24, 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020
Saturday, July 18, 2020
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Friday, July 10, 2020
Saturday, July 4, 2020
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Friday, June 5, 2020
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Monday, June 1, 2020
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Monday, May 18, 2020
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Friday, May 1, 2020
Sunday, April 26, 2020
Friday, April 24, 2020
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Friday, April 17, 2020
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Monday, April 13, 2020
Saturday, April 11, 2020
Friday, April 10, 2020
Thursday, April 9, 2020
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Monday, April 6, 2020
Friday, April 3, 2020
Monday, March 30, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Here It Comes: More Of The Same
If Liberals think COVID-19 is the end of the Trump era, well, you can add that to the list of their many self-delusions. The Evangelical Christian Apocalypticists who support him undoubtedly see this epidemic as a sign of the End Times and they want their man in office to shake hands with Jesus when he returns (DT and JC won't be observing social distancing). But Trump's base isn't only composed of the obvious crazies. Despite decades of bluffing, the American public suffers from deep anxieties about the kind of society we have created and the disconnect between that and the American Dream we are sold through advertising, films, and other media. Those anxieties are being expressed in a variety of counter-productive ways--not just the hoarding of toilet paper and canned goods, etc. Many ordinary "salt of the earth" Americans look to Trump to reassure them that the "American Way" is as good as it gets. Even the Democratic Party's rejection of Sanders's Canadian brand of "socialism" is symptomatic: Liberals cannot possibly admit that any other way of life is right for us, even if that way of life is killing us. So they'll go with Trump-Lite, thinking that somehow that is going to change things. If Biden wins in November (assuming he is the Democratic Party nominee), the reality (which will not sink in until the Liberals's euphoria wears off around 2022) will be this: Biden's first term will have turned out to be, in effect, Trump's second. The style will be different, but the results will be similar.
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Friday, March 13, 2020
The Democratic Party
The Democratic Party, no less than its Republican counterpart, is a party of reaction. Progressivism will never be its goal and rarely the result of its activities.
From time to time, under social pressure from below, the Democrats will enact piecemeal positive legislation designed to relieve that pressure by mollifying those injured in the class struggle. But then they and their Republican allies will begin the slow but steady revanchement, reversing the gains made by the proletariat through the previous concessions.
Angry entitled Joe.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Friday, February 21, 2020
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Friday, February 7, 2020
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Sunday, February 2, 2020
Crunch Time
Trump is very bad for the U.S. and the world, but the worst is yet to come. There is no time like the present for the Democratic Party to reinvent itself in the image of Bernie and AOC. If it does so, we won't have to look back at the Trump Presidency and say, with astonishment, "Gosh, we never knew it could get worse." It can. And if the DNC successfully undermines Sanders (again), this time in favor of its latest crown prince (Joe Biden), the Democrats will have no one to blame but themselves for the outcome. Win or lose, Biden promises only more of the same: government by Wall Street and the Pentagon. We don't need a mere difference of degree in our politics. We need a difference of kind. Steer the ship of state to port, or be prepared to man the life-boats. It's crunch time.
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Monday, January 20, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020
Sunday, January 5, 2020
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