What is at stake in 2024 aside from our sanity? If you are like me, you are just about fed up with all of the meaningless and exaggerated rhetoric that is bandied about with no regard for accuracy. Let’s consider a few phrases: Real (Fill-in-the-Blank) for Real People We often Read more
Our current political landscape is pocked with the craters of political warfare that resemble the battlefields of WWI. Let’s explore this by delving into four keywords. Likability There’s no question that likability is a good trait to possess as a politician. I tried to keep that front of mind when Read more
When I was growing up, there were three national television networks. The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC,) the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and American Broadcasting Company (ABC). We also had a public television channel, which was largely devoted to public education back when education wasn’t indoctrination. I recall how people would Read more
Looking around the world these days, it’s easy to agree with those who say this is our 1938 moment. By then Japan and China were already at war. Germany annexed Austria in March 1938 while most European powers did precious little to oppose that aggression. Consequently, Hitler asserted claims over the Sudetenland, Read more
Sometimes I wonder if we have lost our nation to infantile and spoiled brats who think they are sufficiently knowledgeable of world events when in fact they are narrow-minded—and lately—profoundly anti-Semitic. I speak of the Hamas apologists who have brought violence to our intellectually castrated university campuses across the country. Read more