The Recurring Nightmare
Institutionalized poverty has been the stepchild of capitalism since the concept began in ernest. The great abstractions, money, profit and wealth, have issued requirements to the human condition...
View ArticleWar, LLC
We, as a nation, have only been at peace 8% of our existence. Is the world that screwed up that we must impose ourselves as the policeman of misery? It's not a simple answer to the simple question of...
View ArticleThe Obligatory Summary
Dozens of analyses from the "debate" are flooding the blogosphere. Mine is probably as cynical as any. Last night's disgrace began in 1971 with Lewis Powell's infamous memo to the U.S. Chamber of...
View ArticleIntellectual Honesty
Humans have large brains and it actually takes effort to use them honestly and in some capacity that reflects the marvel of the organ. Too often politics puts negative pressure on the effort to think...
View ArticleFailure in the Republic Looms Large
In case we've become lulled to sleep by the other nonsense in our national politics and election campaigns, here's a reminder of why the majority of people on this blog are so passionate and involved...
View ArticleWhat are We Defending?
While our infrastructure continues to crumble and our political environment looks like children throwing mud in the playground, our war-making industry is booming. Our war mongers are screaming and...
View ArticleThe Republican Failure Formula
Anyone honestly paying attention must realize that the Republicans in elected office are beholden to corporate/banking America. Otherwise, why would they be so eager to destroy social services, apply...
View ArticleIs This Really Us? Really?
Sometimes there are literary valleys that we slump into and must try to pull ourselves out. My current valley is trying to make sense of what we've done with our great natural wealth and human spirit....
View ArticleWhere Did My Friends Go?
This piece is not about today's headlines, but is, rather, a composite of "headlines" from the last 7 years and the impact they've had on my old friends. The compelling issue is the separation of...
View ArticleThe Tower of Babble
We are inundated with wannabe preachers who fancy themselves as Presidential candidates, or at least holier-than-thou "men of faith". But what they really are doing is perverting the simple tenets of...
View ArticleF** Roger and Duping America
The lethal combination of Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch and a host of dummies created Fox News watched by still more dummies. Before that there was another lethal cabal of "promoters": Lee Atwater,...
View ArticleChris Hedges calls us out!
Myself and many of my fellow pundits are too timid to call out those countries, societies and ideologies that are destroying the planet and mankind. Chris Hedges minces no words and alters no...
View ArticleWHAT DO PEOPLE WANT?
National polls keep showing the cognitive dissonance between what the people want and what our politicians, especially Republicans, are offering as they scramble for public office and the gold at the...
View ArticleBernie's Message
I'm sure this video message has been attached somewhere throughout the KOS archipelago, but I'm posting it again in case somebody missed it. The graphics are a little cartoonish, but the data is...
View ArticleThe Clown Car is Off the Road.
For weeks we have endured the nonsense, lies and just plain silliness of the Republican Presidential campaign. I am still not sure how rational people can take these clowns seriously...at least as...
View ArticleThe Economics of Dope
Our recent successes with legalizing marijuana for recreational use sheds new light on the war on drugs and illuminates what an abject failure it's been. We've wasted over $1 trillion trying to...
View ArticleIDEAS FOR 21st CENTURY SUCCESS
As we muddle through the trash of the Benghazi fiasco, some new ideas pop up that just might make our future brighter and get the oil barons off of our backs. Here are a few conjoined ideas that could...
View ArticleThanksgiving, a time for action among Progressives
It has been a while since I contributed anything to this blog, but Elizabeth Warren’s call for for improving the plight of the poor and working people in America motivated me to pen this short piece....
View ArticleIs Anarchy at Hand?
Is It Anarchy Yet?Webster's dictionary defines anarchy using words like chaos, disorder,confusion and phrases like political and social disorder, without government or law and absence of government...
View ArticlePSYCHING OUT THE TEA PARTY
Psyching Out the Tea PartyMuch to my embarrassment and self-loathing, I have been exchanging very nasty e-mails with a true believing Tea Party activist in my area. This person disagrees with anything...
View ArticleA LATE SUMMARY OF GOP "DEBATES"...
Perhaps the most defining commentary from this sorry lot of “candidates” came (once again) from the lying lips of Carly Fiorina. When she said that it was Obama’s and Clinton’s fault that ISIS existed...
View ArticleLEARNING FROM OUR MISTAKES.
It's Important to Learn from MistakesTo err is human, of course, but is not learning from mistakes also human? It seems so when it comes to economics and politics in recent, post-industrial revolution...
View ArticlePOWER CORRUPTS AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY.
The Lust for PowerThere is a recurring noise coming from the Texas government that keeps drowning out reason, integrity, respect for the Constitution and pluralism in discourses of governing and how to...
View ArticleNOT AGAIN! PLEASE, NOT AGAIN!
Not AgainOne of my favorite constructs in writing is the alliteration opportunities presented in almost any line of copy. These last few weeks I've had some alliterative bits racing around inside my...
View ArticleMAKE THE AMENDMENTS MEANINGFUL
Amendments with a PurposeThis election cycle is producing a lot of chatter about amending the U.S. Constitution, that venerable document that has endured over 200 years of examination that only yielded...
View ArticleKILLING PUBLIC SCHOOLS THE CORPORATE WAY.
Diane Ravitch has been writing and speaking about the horrors visited upon public education since she saw the con and the deceit of No Child Left Behind. Given that that particular law has caused the...
View ArticleLET OBAMA BE OBAMA.
Let Obama Be ObamaEvery so often I'll watch an old television or series that intrigued me and left a lasting impression. A few weeks ago I started watching (for the third time) the brilliant series The...
View ArticleWhat Have We Done to Ourselves?
What Have We Done?There's that old saw from day-after-the-election blues: “The people have spoken!” Yes. Well, this is 2016, and the United States of America has just coughed up an orange, slimy...
View ArticleWATCH WHAT THEY DO!
It's Not What They Say...The smartest woman on television, Rachel Maddow, keeps telling us to watch what they are doing, not listen so much to what they're saying. Examples from the last three months...
View ArticleDERELICTION OF DUTY
This title is perhaps the most serious accusation one can make against someone who has significant responsibility and whose actions impact a great many people. The primary duty of the President of the...
View ArticleWhat Europeans see...
Here’s a little bit from our European friends. They’re paying attention even if we’re not.l.facebook.com/...
View ArticleThe Rotunda
When will the number one deceased Muslim Imam be “honored” in state inside the Capitol Rotunda? I just wanna know. When will the number one deceased Rabbi lie in state? I can’t remember… Did Martin...
View ArticleFailing and Flailing
Events keep outrunning the media's, or my attempts to keep up with the soap opera, cum governmental disaster that is the Trump presidency. Even the great journalists and pundits are non-plussed by the...
View ArticleIf you had any doubts about Bannon/Trump agenda...
Here is all the proof we need to secure the understanding of what this antediluvian idiot is all about: hate, bigotry, racism, and God knows what else that is counter-productive to the betterment of...
View ArticleWhen Nitwits Speak...
Once again, Betsy DeVos proves why she is absolutely the wrong person to be in charge of schools...anywhere. She, like her boss, are the most spectacularly unqualified people for their current...
View ArticleFinally! The Truth about the Second Amendment.
I finally found someone who was fearless enough to read enough of the Federalist Papers to discover #29 and the meaning of that Amendment voiced by none other than Alexander...
View ArticleWhy Trump is loved by White Guys...
I just wrote a book, “Why Angels Weep: America and Donald Trump”, addressing the whole Trump phenomenon, but this bit from a blog I attend explains it even better. Diana C. Mutz is a professor of...
View ArticleDEMOCRATS! Mind the comments of Paul Begala...and my advice for regaining the...
This opinion piece by Paul Begala should be required reading for anyone associated with Democratic candidates or the party apparatus. Democrats were quite smug in 2016 and it caused the emergence of...
View ArticleThe Result of Abject Stupidity
This is what we get from a brainless fool who thinks he knows what he’s doing, but really has no clue. This pitiful excuse for a president only cares about his ratings and himself. The rest of the...
View ArticleTHE SLAUGHTER OF OUR CHILDREN
Justifying Corruption at our Children's ExpenseAfter publishing my latest book, Why Angels Weep: America and Donald Trump, I sat back and took a few deep breaths, so to speak, while our current...
View ArticleTrump's "Economy" is a Lie.
This is a blog from a University of Indiana professor who has the keenest insight you’ll ever find in Indiana, the home of Mike Pence. She is a reformed Republican. Alice–Updated, Slipping Further...
View ArticleConfronting Right-wing Hypocrisy
Here’s an essay I wrote a few years ago while living in Texas. It seems more relevant today than ever before.My Favorite Liberal Many so-called conservatives align themselves with Christian ideals...
View ArticleYes, it can happen here.
SHEILA KENNEDYA jaundiced look at the world we live in.Skip to contentBlogBooksAboutSearch for:It Can Happen HereJune 22, 2018Public Policy and GovernanceCass Sunstein, Hitler, Nazi Germany, New York...
View ArticleDON'T PLAY TRUMP'S GAME!!
Don't Play His GameYes, we progressives despise everything that comes from Trump and his White House. Yes, the Republicans are doing their worst/best to destroy the public safety net for the sake of...
View ArticlePsychopath?
No. Not me. I’m just an author who has been off of DailyKos for a few years. But recent events have spurred me to once again say a few things about the apparent deterioration of the orange hairball’s...
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