The Supreme Court is Now Occupied Territory by the Force of Fascism
[This piece has run as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district (VA-06) in which I was, in 2012, the Democratic nominee for Congress. Its title in the newspapers was “America’s...
View ArticleWe Need to Think Differently about the Realm of Human Experience (12-Minute...
YouTube VideoAn essay developing these ideas systematically and in greater depth is here: “Realities That Emerge Through The Evolution Of The Experiential Realm.”The larger “integrated vision” of the...
View ArticleUnderscoring What We Heard from David Nir and Norman Ornstein: Plan for...
I was contemplating writing something about the need for the Democrats to plan for the possibility that they might get control of the House — presumably briefly — during this session of Congress. The...
View ArticleHow Changes in the Power Balance Between Men and Women May have Fed the Fires...
[This piece is appearing this weekend as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012. It’s title in the newspapers is “What...
View ArticlePeople Who Know that Trump Must Lose Have But One Responsible Option...
This video is addressed to those voters — Democrats or Republicans — who know that Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy, and must not regain the powers of the presidency, but who are...
View ArticleHere's the Picture of Trump's Ugliness I've Presented to My Trump-Loving Region
[This piece is appearing as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district (VA-06) in which I ran as the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2011-12. The title under which the piece is...
View ArticleThree Great Interpreters of Our Times: Krugman, Weissmann, and Timothy Snyder...
In praise of three people who illuminate insightfully three of the arenas in which the great battle of our times — between Democracy and Fascism — is being fought: in the legal system, in the world of...
View ArticleMore Than an Eclipse? Has America Made This Eclipse into a Collective...
Maybe it’s just me. Or maybe my professional background in interpreting cultural expressions for hidden meanings has enabled me to sniff out that something more than just an “Eclipse” is being made of...
View ArticleMy Deep Interest in Movie Stars (Op/Ed Giving the Trumpy a Break from My...
I’ve frequently shared here op/eds that get published in the very red congressional district in which I ran for Congress as the Democratic nominee in 2011-12. Most of what I say in these weekly...
View ArticleIt Looks Like Both Israel and Iran Are Choosing to Have Their Big Showdown...
Recorded today. Fast forward to about 5:40 where my talking head appears and begins the analysis of the current crisis. Here’s how I introduce the matter in the video’s “Description” on YouTube:Israel...
View ArticleWhy Would a Culture Make Heroes of Destructive Losers? (Like Jefferson Davis...
This piece is appearing as an op/ed in newspapers this weekend in the very red congressional district in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012.********************************When I...
View ArticleHow the Issue of Abortion Fits into the Overall Battle of Democracy vs...
There are but those two options for America when it comes to the abortion issue: either everyone gets to live in accordance with their own beliefs (and some are not happy with the choices of others) or...
View ArticleA Week of Surprisingly Good News (Ukraine, Israel, Trump Trial)
[This pieces is running as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district (VA-06) in which I was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 2012.)******************************There was so...
View ArticleLet's Hear Loud Denunciations of this Supreme Court (16-minute VIDEO)
Main points:The startling thing about what the Supreme Court has done to help Trump avoid being tried for his most serious crimes against the Constitution before the election (if ever) is this: THE...
View ArticleGeorge Conway, on Bulwark, Gets It Wrong about the Supreme Court (We Should...
George Conway’s recent Podcast conversation on Bulwark, with Sarah Longwell, bears the headline “Everyone Stop Freaking Out About Scotus.” Then adding that “Everyone needs to Calm Down.”In this video,...
View ArticleGavin Newsom Is Campaigning Well for 2028. And Showing Strengths the Dems...
It seems clear that Gavin Newsom is executing a strategy to make himself the kind of national figure that would be in a good position to win the Democratic nomination for President in the 2028...
View ArticleChallenge Mitch McConnell (and Bill Barr) With a Figurative Slap Across the...
Inspired (if “inspired” can be the right word to use for a reaction of disgust) by the recent news that these Republican leaders announced they will support Trump, despite their having publicly...
View ArticleMy Virginia County Is About to Change School-Names Back to Confederate "Heroes"
[This piece will be appearing this week — under the title ‘”School Names and the Place of the Confederacy in People’s Identity”— as an op/ed in newspapers in the congressional district (VA-06) in which...
View ArticleThe CHEATER: What Americans Should Learn from The New York Trial
[This piece will be running this week as an op/ed in newspapers in the very red congressional district (VA-06) where I ran for Congress as the Democratic nominee in...
View ArticleIt's Time for the Good Guys to Go ALL-OUT! (20-minute VIDEO)
At the outset of American involvement in World War II, America's mobilization to meet the threat of Fascism in those times (Germany, Japan, Italy) was astonishing: the numbers of tanks, planes, ships,...
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