A Foolish Inconsistency of the House Democrats
Before we get to our feature film, here’s a selected short subject that’s related.Nancy Pelosi is in the news these days primarily for her role in holding off her fellow Democrats – especially Chairman...
View ArticleWhy It’ll (Likely) Be Either Biden or Warren, and How We Should Decide Which
Narrowing the Field to TwoIn a very nice bit of analysis, Scott Rasmussen makes a very strong case that, out of the more than 20 candidates running for the Democratic presidential nomination, the...
View ArticleThrough the Prism of World War II (Can America Rise to This Occasion?)
This piece will run in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).********************I wasn’t born until the year after the end of the Second World War, but that time is as alive in my...
View ArticleThe Case for Launching Impeachment is Overwhelming
In recent times, a flood of ideas has been pouring into my mind – ideas that swirl around two main propositions: That the case for proceeding with impeachment is overwhelming; and That the way the...
View ArticleHere’s A Speech about Impeachment that Elizabeth Warren Should Make to the...
As of this writing, it is far from clear whether the Democrats in Congress will respond as the nation needs to the crisis caused by our current lawless President. It is unclear whether the United...
View ArticleThe Mystery of the Loyalty of the Republican Base
This piece will be running in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*******************************In more than a half century of working to understand human affairs, I’ve...
View ArticleI’m Heart-Sick: Are the Democrats Going to Forfeit this Battle, Too?
Preface: According to me: the two most important truths of this moment in America are 1) the nation desperately needs for the impeachment of Donald Trump to begin; and 2) the failure of the Democrats...
View ArticleOnce Again Today, We See the Cost of Battles Unfought
A week ago I published here a piece titled “I’m Heartsick: Are the Democrats Going to Forfeit This Battle, Too.” That one was about my deep worry that -- in dealing with the issue of Trump and...
View ArticleDemocrats Underestimate How Much American Voters Punish Weakness
The great irony is that by the very act of putting political considerations ahead of clear constitutional duty and profound national interest, the Democrats are inflicting serious injury on their own...
View ArticleThe American Way to Resolve the Political War Over Abortion
This piece just ran as my weekly newspaper op/ed in my very red congressional district (VA-06).*****************************Of all the human tragedies that are associated with the issue of abortion,...
View ArticleWhy Was the Mueller Report So Easy on Trump Re the "Conspiracy/Collusion"...
I've tried and failed for months now to understand how it is that Mueller's team found nothing that called for indictment of anyone in the Trump circle regarding the relationship between the Trump...
View ArticleHow Best to Rough Out the Comprehensive Picture of Trump's Lawlessness?
I'd like to ask for the help of readers here.I'm working on a piece that is premised on the idea that the reasons Trump simply MUST be impeached go well beyond what's in the Mueller Report. The...
View ArticleWhere We Can Get the Democratic Leadership on Impeachment We Need
More than 2/3 of Democrats think that the impeachment process should begin. I think they're right: I think they understand the situation with Trump -- the stakes and what's necessary to prevail --...
View ArticleThis Battle Over the Trump Presidency Is So Much Bigger than Just Trump
For a long time (15 years), I’ve maintained that the Democrats – as the political arm of Liberal America – have failed to understand the nature of the battle they’re engaged in. I.e., that they’ve...
View ArticleThe Political Costs of Discouraging the Democratic Base
Fires that Need RekindlingRemember the way the election of Donald Trump sparked a powerful reaction of activation and determination from millions of people who felt passionately that Donald Trump does...
View ArticleWhat Can We Hope for from Robert Mueller?
Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller has been such a profound disappointment -- a surprise very much on the downside -- that I don't know what to hope for in his upcoming national testimony that isn't...
View ArticleWhy Trump’s Impeachment Is So Much More Necessary Than Nixon’s
Unhappily, with each passing week, I become more convinced that if the Democrats in Congress continue on their current path in dealing with the Trump crisis, they will disgrace themselves in the eyes...
View ArticleBuilding Public Support Before Impeaching Was Once a Legitimate Strategy. No...
I began a recent piece here with the words:"Unhappily, with each passing week, I become more convinced that if the Democrats in Congress continue on their current path in dealing with the Trump crisis,...
View ArticleThe Beauty that Comes From Needs Being Met
This piece is running as an op/ed in my red congressional district (VA-06).Wholeness begets Wholeness.In a previous piece, “When Evil Arises Among a People,” I said that my life’s work might be said to...
View ArticleTrump and America's "Hate Thine Enemies" Moment
This piece will run as an op/ed in my very red congressional district, VA-06.****************This moment has been coming on for some time, as a big piece of America’s body politic grew more and more...
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