MEDIA AND POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY
Media and political responsibility may seem like an unlikely combination for a blog topic, particularly in today’s divisive, antagonistic, and destructive political environment. However, what …
THE US SENATE SYSTEM IS BROKEN
The US Senate system is broken. Roughly half of Americans, some 169 million people, live in the nine most populous states. Together, those states get …
JULIUS CAESAR AND TRUMP
Julius Caesar and Trump. I wrote a blog a couple of weeks ago on the pending civil war in the United States, and Donald Trump’s …
A UKRAINE STRATEGY
I have a suggestion for a Ukraine strategy that might achieve the goals of Ukraine itself while, at the same time, those of the Western …
A DEMOCRATIC STRATEGY
I am offering a Democratic strategy designed to take back the initiative from Trump supporters and the Republican Party. In the Presidential race for 2024, …
CIVIL WAR IN THE US
The prospect of civil war in the US just got a little closer this week with Donald Trumps’ rally speech last weekend. My last block …
ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT
Rules and laws, versus accountability and enforcement. I have written on this topic several times in the past but the new “Code of Ethics” issued …
COMPLACENCY IS THE ROAD TO DICTATORSHIP
Complacency is the road to dictatorship. Dictator-in-Waiting Trump, and his think-tank loyalists, are collecting the ingredients, and refining the recipe, for an authoritarian regime, should …
MI5
The head of MI5, Ken McCallum, was recently joined by the heads of the U.S., Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand, security agencies in a meeting …
PERFORMANCE OF US STUDENTS
The performance of U.S. students in the basic subjects of mathematics and English has been declining, or at best stagnating, over the past decade, and …