HEATHER COX-RICHARDSON
This article, by columnist and historian Heather Cox-Richardson, is particularly relevant given the current state of the presidential election in the U.S. The danger posed …
MIDDLE OF THE ROAD
What happened to middle of the road politics? The essence of democracy is the idea that compromise is a fundamental process that produces the best …
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Domestic violence has been feature of human existence for generations, if not millenia. However, it is only recently that statistics have gathered on any sort …
FIRST AMERICAN DICTATOR
If Trump becomes the first American dictator, the media will carry a huge amount of the blame. The media’s perennial craving for sensationalism abrogates its …
CIVIL WAR IN THE UNITED STATES
I have written several blogs on the inevitability of some form of civil war in the United States if Trump doesn’t win the next election. …
SELF-IDOLIZING HICK
The idea that some jumped-up, self-idolizing hick from the lower end of the American media circus could be anything other than a patsy for Putin’s …
ANGUS KING
Angus King: Once in a while, someone in the U.S. Senate comes up with a statement that restores one’s faith in political integrity, elder statesmanship, …
TRANSATLANTIC HEARTBURN
I recently found an article, Transatlantic Heartburn, written by the former BBC America News anchor, Katty Kay, that identifies an international fear that we, in …
THE WILL TO CIVILIZE
I am beginning to believe that we, in the United States, have lost the will to civilize ourselves. Most anthropologists, and many historians, will confirm …
IMAGE OVER SUBSTANCE
The competition for public attention of image over substance has been almost completely lost in today’s political world. Image has won, hands down. The profession …