Why Aren’t We Talking about Reforming the President’s Unchecked Pardon Power?
Living through the Trump era is reminiscent in some ways of living through the Nixon/Watergate era. In both cases, we see problems exposed that need to be addressed. Except in the case of Watergate, it...
View ArticleJoe Manchin's Departure Does Have a Silver Lining
I get it that control of the Senate is valuable, that the Democrats already had a difficult map for retaining control, and that with Manchin out of the running for the Senate seat from a state so red...
View ArticleA BETTER HUMAN STORY #3: The Discernible Reality of a "Force of Evil"
This BETTER HUMAN STORY series was introduced here in October with a piece titled -- with chutzpah but with honesty as well -- as “A ‘Big Picture’ View that Might Help Human Civilization (and Our...
View ArticleHere's How I'm Indicting the Republicans in My Weekly Op/Ed in Trumpian VA-06
The Destructiveness of Demonization, On View NowThe nation is paying a price right now for the way one side of the American electorate has been led to see the other side. Baby-killers. Grooming....
View ArticleThe Destructive Consequences of the Right's Demonization of the "Librels"
This piece is running as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district in which I ran for Congress (the 2012 version of VA-06). *****************************The nation has paid a price...
View ArticleShould Jack Smith Have Sought Judge Cannon's Recusal?
Usually, when I post, it’s because I think I have something worth saying. This time it’s because I’ve got questions to which I would like to know the answers.***********************I recall clearly...
View ArticleWhy I Have Faith the American People Will Reject Donald Trump (15-min Video)
When it comes to the outcome of a presidential election a year into the future, there are inevitably a lot of unknowns (known and unknown). But there’s one thing on which I have faith: the substantial...
View ArticlePaying Tribute to Some Legal Heroes, Warriors for the Rule of Law
It’s not often I take pen to hand to praise the heroes of our times, but I have always had a hankering for heroism. The people who rise to the occasion— as Churchill rose to the occasion to be a hero...
View ArticleHow Our Market System Generates a Dangerous Form of Greed
This piece is appearing this weekend as a newspaper op/ed in the very red congressional district in which I ran for Congress as the Democratic nominee in 2012. Here, the piece is followed by an...
View ArticleWhy the Confederacy Was Nothing to Celebrate (Video)
I live in the Shenandoah Valley, which was called “the breadbasket of the Confederacy.” The people of this rural area have a strong allegiance to the Confederacy, having been taught by their culture...
View ArticleThe Underappreciated Genius of Donald Trump (VIDEO)
We hear plenty about how stupid Donald Trump is. We got word some years ago that Trump’s Secretary of State Tillerson had called Trump an “f-ing moron,” and we heard much the same eventually from his...
View ArticleAn Unwillingness to Acknowledge Trump's Genius is an Impediment to Defeating Him
The Republican Base is the Main Locus of Our Political Disease*****************************Earlier today, I posted a diary that was part diary and then part video under the title “The Underappreciated...
View ArticleNikki Haley Will Show How Much the GOP is Trump's Party (12 minute VIDEO)
If Nikki Haley can clear the rest of the field, so that the race comes down to just her and Trump, does she have a chance to win the Republican nomination? Koch-Brother money is being invested in this...
View ArticleHow I Got Disillusioned with American Academia-- Part One: My Yale Story (VIDEO)
I grew up thinking Academia was a golden world, and that academics were people of integrity like my Dad (who was a professor of economics). Then, at the age of 24, I had a life-changing experience —...
View ArticleVIDEO: We All Should Both KNOW Trump is Guilty, AND Be Able (as Jurors) to...
Here’s a 7-minute video that argues that there is no contradiction between our knowing — as informed citizens — that Trump is guilty (even “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt) and being able — if we were...
View ArticleOf Course It's Appropriate to Attach Conditions on U.S. Aid to Israel...
The idea that U.S. aid to Israel should be handed over as a “blank check” makes no sense.YouTube Video[My larger picture of the nature of the forces at work in the human world — A BETTER HUMAN STORY --...
View ArticleAn Op/Ed Showing My Republican Neighbors How Ugly Their Party Has Become
This piece will be appearing in newspapers in the very red congressional district (the VA-06 of 2012) in which I ran for Congress in 2012. The Republican Party had already become possessed by “A Sick...
View ArticleThoughts on Why Fascism Has Risen Lately in Democratic Societies (VIDEO)
There are obviously problems in the American electorate, that so many Americans seem dissatisfied with the life they lead in a free society, seem drawn to the fascist way of imposing on everyone —...
View ArticleHow I Got Disillusioned with American Academia-- Part Two: My Harvard and...
[ Note: Some have had difficulties accessing previous videos I’ve presented here in the past few weeks. I believe I’ve now learned how to prevent that problem. So I expect there will be no more such...
View ArticleAn Israeli Leadership Damaging Israel's Chances for Long-term Survival
The title above is asserts more than I know for sure, but that is regrettably how it looks from here.The question for Israel in the aftermath of the Hamas atrocities of October 7 has always been, what...
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