With the Electoral College victory of Joe Biden, yet another sitting Republican president has gone down in defeat and shame. Back in the 1970s, President Ford recognized that the nation had passed through a “long...
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Tim Patrick
Understanding Fascism
Donald Trump's electoral victory has bought with it a heightened level of vitriol and name-calling. Democrats, and even a few Republicans, have issued blanket accusations against Trump, his cabinet, and anyone who...
How to Stop Donald Trump
Political tensions have been running high ever since Donald Trump became president just a few weeks ago. Upon entering the Oval Office, Trump immediately began flexing his executive muscles by issuing several stern and...
The United States of Anger
They say that time heals all wounds. This seems to be especially true when the original trauma is experienced second-hand. Consider the terrorist attacks on the United States back in September 2001. Like the Kennedy...
The Politics of No Meaning
There is safety in numbers, we are told. And so, on the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as America's forty-fifth president, millions of American women marched in safe solidarity. The crowd estimates in...
The Wrong Way to Identify Tyranny
In a recent article on “The 15 Warning Signs of Impending Tyranny", Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, documented the key identifiers of tyrants who are about to assume power and...
Five Reasons Why America Won’t End with Trump (And Three Why It Might)
The violent post-election outbursts from the cry-baby subset of Americans may be coming to an end, but a lot of people who rejected Donald Trump as president continue to worry about the future of the country. The...
Should Donald Trump’s Sins be Forgiven?
The election of Donald Trump as president stirred up a fair bit of controversy. Part of the chatter stems from lewd comments he made back in 2005, as revealed in an October surprise video by The Washington Post...
Is America a Racist Nation?
The inauguration of Barack Obama eight years ago, trumpeted as the final proof that our slave-embracing past had been put behind us, did not usher in a new era of racial harmony. Every month, it seems, the news media is...
Samsung Issues Recall of Faulty “Hillary” Product
Still reeling from the literal explosion of its Galaxy Note 7 cell phone series, Samsung issued an immediate recall early Wednesday morning for its "Hillary" leadership product. Samsung Electronics America president and...