America: Love it or Leave it?

America: Love it or Leave it?

We’re having a useful yet painful argument in this nation of ours about who we want to be and how we should be governed.  People voted for change in 2016, again in 2018, and will do so again in 2020 and beyond.  Part of that process necessarily involves...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Army of Attorneys

Jeffrey Epstein’s Army of Attorneys

It is clear to most informed readers that no real justice was done in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2006 federal case. In that case, given to the FBI when Palm Beach police became convinced that state prosecutors were soft-peddling Epstein’s activities, Epstein was accused of...
Loyalty, Lies, and the Rule of Law

Loyalty, Lies, and the Rule of Law

Our U.S. Attorney General has become the Attorney in Particular.  The particular? Bill Barr is now clearly loyal to one person, and not to the people of the United States, or even the U.S. Constitution....
“Capitalism, Socialism, and Freedom” in the Trump Era

“Capitalism, Socialism, and Freedom” in the Trump Era

by Don Mayer March 23, 2019 Republicans are in attack mode against some Democratic candidates for election in 2020. By calling them “socialist,” they hope to brand them as less-than-fully-American, not “freedom loving” enough, and thus unelectable.    But...