A Better Human Story # 11– Humankind as Tragic Hero
Previous installments in this "Better Human Story" series can be found here.***************************We are now in a position to see the main elements of the human saga in a more integrated way. The...
View ArticleIf You're Closed-Minded, Don't Read This (challenging conservative enmity...
This is the first of a three-part series, that will be appearing beginning this weekend, in several newspapers in my very Republican congressional District (VA-06).I have written here before, and I...
View ArticleAs Always, The Dems Should Be Hitting the Rs Much Harder
For some years, there's been a battle ongoing for the soul of America. At this moment, the central focus of that battle is the gathering confrontation between the lawless President and the forces...
View Article"We're Right, Everyone Else is Wrong" (2nd part of Message to Conservatives...
This is the second of a three-part series, that has begun appearing in several newspapers in my very Republican congressional District (VA-06).The first installment of this series — “Sticking It to the...
View ArticleThoughts Turning to Alabama, and the Meaning of Tonight for the Larger Battle
Like everyone else, I've gotan eye cocked on Alabama. I'm hoping the futures markets are wrong, and don'tsee this thing coming: they give Jones about a 1 in 3 shot. I'm hoping theyunder-estimate...
View ArticleHow Republican Trump-Protection Might Play into the Democrats’ Hands
I should begin by admitting that I’ve been distressed by the recent attacks against Robert Mueller and the Trump/Russia investigations.Distressed, first of all, by how dishonest not only Trump and Fox...
View ArticleHow Hate Poisons the Political Well (3rd message to the conservatives about...
This is the third and final installment of a series that has begun appearing in several newspapers in my very Republican congressional District (VA-06).The first installment of this series — “Sticking...
View ArticleCalling on Obama for One Last (Important) Service to America
A showdown now looms over American politics. It is a showdown between law and lawlessness. With the rule of law at stake, the outcome is of utmost importance for the future of the nation.On one side,...
View ArticleRalph Northam, Doug Jones, and the Problem of Liberal Weakness
This post was "inspired" by the recent dispiriting news stories concerning the two Democrats who have led the way to two massive Democratic victories in the past month and a half-- Governor-elect Ralph...
View ArticleOn the R Assault on the Rule of Law: Time for Counter-Attacking, Not...
It has been a dispiriting time the past couple of weeks-- dispiriting because of the one-sidedness of the battle.As the Republicans are making themselves accessories to the crime of "obstruction of...
View ArticleMy Nostalgia (talking to conservatives about what's happened to America)
This piece is running in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*****************************There’s much about how the world has changed in my lifetime for which I’m deeply...
View ArticleTrump Voters, and the Enlightened Self-Interest of Being Our Brothers' Keepers
I've noted that, when I've made my recurrent suggestion that we on the liberal side need to find effective ways to reach out to the Trump voters, I haven't gotten much support on liberal forums like...
View ArticleTrump is Giving Idiots, Morons, and Children an Undeserved Bad Name
For months, we've been hearing about the privately expressed opinions of people who work with Trump, describing him as a moron, an idiot, or being "like a child." The recent book Fire and Fury by...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Republicans Propping Up Trump
I get it that the Republicans are utterly craven and unprincipled. Indeed, since 2004, I have been writing about the hypocrisy, the opportunism, the utter disregard of their oath of office, their...
View ArticleIf You’d Believe That….! (A message to conservatives about their credulity)
This piece has recently appeared in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*********************Two things preoccupy me these days: 1) the need for the truth to defeat the lie, rather...
View ArticleAre the Democrats Now Showing a Bolder Face?
Each month, on a Harrisonburg, VA, radio station (WSVA), I participate in a discussion of the recent political news of the day. (The other two participants -- one of whom is the host -- are to my...
View ArticleServing the Few, Conning the Many (The M.O. of the G.O.P.)
This piece will be appearing this week in newspapers in my very red district, VA-06.*******************************In a piece here some months ago, I argued that the especially dark nature of the...
View ArticleMake America What It Is Supposed to Be Again (On Shutdowns and Other Signs of...
(Some spontaneous thoughts about the situation we Americans are in, in this extraordinary political time in our nation's history.)Things in American politics are so profoundly broken that one can look...
View ArticleRussians Helping Trump Now: Both Threat and Opportunity for Democrats
It is being widely reported that the Russian propaganda machine that helped make Trump President are promoting Trump's blaming the Democrats for the shutdown. (See for example here, here, and...
View ArticleWhy Senator McConnell Is Sure to Keep (or "Keep") His Promise
There's been lots of talk about how taking a promise from Senator McConnell is something only a fool would do, after all his previous acts of bad faith. But there's good reason to assume that McConnell...
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