State’s Rights. It sounds good and in fact had a noble intent. Over now three centuries of American history it has been used to justify bad.
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The Promise Of Different Subject Matter
My interest in politics is mainly because of my interest in policy. Politics is the way we affect policy changes in America. It’s much like why I am a Democrat. I’m a progressive and currently the best way to advance the progressive agenda is via the Democratic Party. If you put the tags attached to my articles into a word cloud one of the most prominent phrases would be Donald Trump. How could I avoid writing about him? Outside the Donald Dome the election is behind us. One way or another sometime after noon on January 20, 2021 Joe Biden will be president. All our problems will not instantly vanish; far from it. But the improvement will commence. This will present me with the opportunity to do much more writing about policy. With all that in mind, let’s explore. Continue reading The Promise Of Different Subject Matter
America’s 98.5% Problem
The Washington Post is currently running a series by Michael E. Miller and Steven Rich outlining the lack of prosecution of hate crimes in D.C. This is not the big story of last week, but perhaps when you look a bit below the surface it is the big problem of early 21st century America. It is certainly one of the biggest. Let’s explore. Continue reading America’s 98.5% Problem
The Fear/Hate Of Different
Today’s is going to be a more reflective and abstract article than most. The other day I was reading about how Franklin Delano Roosevelt thought about how Abraham Lincoln would handle a situation when deciding what to do. I thought how strange considering the 70 odd years that separated their times in the White House. Then I remembered that Harry Truman is one of my political models. With the idea that the more things change, the more they stay the same in mind, let’s explore. Continue reading The Fear/Hate Of Different