Just Pretending to be Patriotic: The GOP in 2020

Just Pretending to be Patriotic: The GOP in 2020

The Grand Old Party and the Senate Majority Leader position themselves as great patriots, defenders of “freedom” and “the American Way.”  Certainly President Trump has (literally) wrapped his arms around the flag in ways that his followers adore, for Republicans...
The Shame of Ashvegas

The Shame of Ashvegas

Ashvegas is a moniker that residents of Asheville N.C. have used for several years.  I’m not sure why, or why “North Cackalacky” is a long-standing nickname for the Old North State.  https://www.wfdd.org/story/carolina-curious-who-put-cackalacky-north-carolina I was a...
Ethics and the Coronavirus

Ethics and the Coronavirus

Ethics and the Coronavirus When I was just 4 years old, in 1953, my sister and I lined up at the public library to get our polio vaccine in little sugar cubes. One of the girls in our first grade had crutches from her bout with polio, but otherwise we were spared from...
Hunter, Jared and Ivanka:  On Nepotism and Moral Obfuscation

Hunter, Jared and Ivanka: On Nepotism and Moral Obfuscation

I really shouldn’t have, but I recently shared a “snarky” Facebook post that said: Trump’s daughter works at the White House Her husband works at the White House Rudy’s son works at the White House Barr’s son in law works at the White House Trump’s sons do foreign...