In 1861, John B. Clark, John W. Reid and Henry C. Burnett were expelled from the United States House of Representatives for their support of the Confederate rebellion. Oh well, timing is everything. Apparently if they had just waited for today they would have been seen as simply quirky. Leadership, Read more…
I’m still working full time so January is when my benefits renew and I look forward to it every year, as I get a chance to re-invent how I present myself to the world by picking out my new glasses. I’m old enough now that I don’t fret even a Read more…
Right now, it is a very good thing to be an older progressive. Just ask Bernie. The GOP faces an existential crossroads that is of its own making. With an impending impeachment trial in the Senate, Republican lawmakers will have to stand up and be counted. Will they stand up Read more…
This was inauguration day. At times it seemed as far away as Christmas does on Thanksgiving to an eight year old. Too much time, too much could happen. As it got closer the anxiety didn’t lessen. It grew with each passing day, so close to dodging the bullet but not Read more…
You have to admire some people’s resilience in the face of adversity. Prophecy has become big business on the internet with dozens of self-described prophets enlightening the faithful of the things to come, the imminent movings of the Lord their God that will clearly reveal that nothing is impossible when Read more…
It was 1967, the Summer of Love. In the Haight Ashbury district in San Francisco young people were reinventing what freedom meant in the United States, stretching boundaries that had been in place for generations. Peace became a political force, and love a radical form of protest. I knew nothing Read more…
The mob ascended the stairs in a fury. They scaled walls, clinging by their fingertips with fire in their eyes. Searching the crowd it swung between blood lust and euphoria, sharing only madness. The lies had accumulated, little ones and grandiose ones, amplified by media allies that implied journalistic affirmation Read more…
I’m 63 years old and have been through quite a few elections by now. In all that time, I have never tuned in to monitor the results of the electoral college voting. Not once. In 2000, the electoral college was not the issue. No one imagined that electors would go Read more…
Did you have the honor of watching the Georgia debates? If the SNL staff writers are currently being paid anything at all it’s like paying an infant for needing a diaper change. It’s like stealing money. Jon Osroff debated an empty podium as sitting Senator Perdue chose to skip the Read more…
What happened to Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn? A highly decorated officer in the U.S. Army, Flynn served with distinction for over 30 years, receiving the Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit among other distinctions. He spent much of his career in military intelligence serving under General Read more…