Impressed with Elizabeth Warren on Impeachment
It was from an email I received yesterday that Elizabeth Warren sent to her list that I learned of her call for impeachment.She impressed me with how succinctly she captured the clear grounds for...
View ArticleAshamed, As an American, and a Human (My latest op/ed in my very red...
I am feeling ashamed, and I do not like the feeling.All my life, I’ve been into the heroic. I’ve taken pleasure in movies that provide admirable heroes to identify with, and in my own life– to the best...
View ArticleNow Begins Trump’s First Trial: In the Court of Public Opinion
It’s possible the Democrats understand well enough how to deal with the Impeachment question. Because the way they are proceeding resembles what they well might choose to do if they’re smart.But it’s...
View ArticleIn Praise of Escapism (My op/ed running this week in very red VA-06)
As I’ve been saying for years, life is a poorly controlled experiment. That’s because, in the words of the old beer commercial, “You only go around once.” As a result, you never can know for sure what...
View ArticleHoping this Time Democrats Will Avoid Their "Characteristic Error"
Over the years, when asked by someone for my counsel on one thing or another, I've used the concept of "the characteristic error." If someone is trying to decide between two different courses of...
View ArticleSex and Civilized Societies
I haven’t decided yet whether or not to run this piece as one of my weekly op/eds in my conservative district (VA-06).***********************************Years ago, I framed a radio conversation with...
View ArticleIs the Spirit of Enmity the Solution to the Mystery? (My latest challenge to...
This is my weekly op/ed to run in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*************************Republicans might usefully ask themselves: “With whom – outside of the Republican camp – does our...
View ArticleWe Don’t Need the Mueller Report to Know. We’ve Witnessed the Crime.
There are good reasons to care about getting the Mueller Report released to its intended audience—to the Congress, and thence to the American people.But we – the American people -- don’t need the...
View ArticleThe Barr Mystery: Why Would Someone Seek Out a Chance to Disgrace Himself?
Now that William Barr is acting -- rather openly, if not admittedly -- as Donald Trump’s accomplice in the obstruction of justice, I find myself baffled by the man.For a while, around the time of...
View ArticlePete Buttigieg Shows Democrats How-- Rightly Choosing Truth-telling Over...
An exchange between Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and George Stephanopoulos (reported in a recent Huffington Post article) brings into clear relief an issue that America has long...
View ArticleConservatism in the Age of Trump (My latest challenge to the conservatives)
This is my weekly op/ed in my very red congressional district (VA-06).***************************The Ideal of the ConservativePicture the man or the woman who embodies the virtues of the good...
View ArticleShould William Barr Be Impeached?
Yesterday, I wrote about the possibility of impeaching William Barr. My thought at the time was to use that threat in case Barr's redactions were another phase of Barr's obstructive operations to...
View ArticleImpressed with Elizabeth Warren on Impeachment
It was from an email I received yesterday that Elizabeth Warren sent to her list that I learned of her call for impeachment.She impressed me with how succinctly she captured the clear grounds for...
View ArticleAshamed, As an American, and a Human (My latest op/ed in my very red...
I am feeling ashamed, and I do not like the feeling.All my life, I’ve been into the heroic. I’ve taken pleasure in movies that provide admirable heroes to identify with, and in my own life– to the best...
View ArticleNow Begins Trump’s First Trial: In the Court of Public Opinion
It’s possible the Democrats understand well enough how to deal with the Impeachment question. Because the way they are proceeding resembles what they well might choose to do if they’re smart.But it’s...
View ArticleIn Praise of Escapism (My op/ed running this week in very red VA-06)
As I’ve been saying for years, life is a poorly controlled experiment. That’s because, in the words of the old beer commercial, “You only go around once.” As a result, you never can know for sure what...
View ArticleHoping this Time Democrats Will Avoid Their "Characteristic Error"
Over the years, when asked by someone for my counsel on one thing or another, I've used the concept of "the characteristic error." If someone is trying to decide between two different courses of...
View ArticleA Case for Elizabeth Warren
I have made no decision about whom I'll vote for when the Democratic primary process reaches me next year. But lately, I've noticed that my thoughts have been centering around Elizabeth Warren.Let me...
View ArticleHow the Democrats Can Fight This More Powerfully
Thursday night, on his MSNBC program, Chris Hayes spoke about the need for the Democrats, in the deploying of their powers, to bring "maximalism" to match the "maximalism" of the Trump gang. Trump and...
View ArticleExamples of Democratic Leaders Being Mealy-Mouthed
One point in my piece yesterday — “How Can the Democrats Fight This More Powerfully” -- was that the Democrats need to find the right language to talk about this Trumpian threat. A language of moral...
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