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 …
CAR BLOAT
All in all, car bloat has increased vehicle prices while making autos more destructive to human life, natural ecosystems, and pavement alike. Because the full …
QUEEN ELIZABETH II
Some time ago, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II wrote a letter to the citizens of the United States. It was never widely distributed, or implemented, …
CAR BLOAT
This is the second blog on car bloat; the story of how and why vehicle manufacturers, mainly in the US but elsewhere as well, have …