The Fragility of Liberal Democracy
In this post I will explore the fragility of liberal democracy. In March 1981, I was a passenger...
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Senators Voted 57-43 To Convict Trump for Inciting the Capitol Riot, Most Bi-Partisan support, Ever.
The United State Senate voted today on the Impeachment Trial of former president Donald Trump. Fifty-seven senators voted guilty when asked for their vote,. They voted to find Trump guilty by 15 votes. This was an historic rebuke. Fifty-seven percent of the elected Senators found Trump guilty. Keep in mind that the article of impeachment was a bi-partisan effort in the House of Representatives. This was the most bipartisan support for impeachment in history.
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House Trial Memo of the Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump
The House of Representatives released the House Trial Memorandum in the Impeachment of Donald J....
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Finding a lost Manuscript
For those of you cleaning out closets, desks and garages, you might find this story interesting. I found a manuscript that was “out of sight, out of mind” for 40 years. It was a marvelous discovery.
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How Donald Trump’s ‘America first’ agenda has damaged global human rights
Trump’s America first agenda, and especially his administration’s overt transgressions against many longstanding international norms, has damaged America’s global reputation.
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Pandemic Grief
At the reflecting pool at the National Mall, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris paid tribute to those who lost their lives to the coronavirus. With very few words but with powerful images, he led the nation in grieving the loss of so many people.
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2021: Have we caught up with Martin Luther King Jr? Can we? How could we?
Without question, injustices anywhere most certainly arise from competitive and adversarial human relationship structures formed of the “race” social construct based mainly on variation in “color of skin,” when the variation means nothing. Much better would be cooperative human relationship structures formed of human qualities based on “content of character.”
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Impeachment II for Inciting Insurrection
Donald Trump was impeached today for the second time during his presidency. He is the only President of the United States to be impeached twice in American history.
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Far-right Activists on Social Media Telegraphed Violence weeks in Advance of the Attack on the US Capitol
January 6, 2020 was a date that will live in infamy. The insurrection at the center of the nation’s democratic government was carried out by right-wing hate groups, but was set in motion by the President of the United States. The motion did not begin on January 6. It began years ago. However, when Trump and his accomplishers gave marching orders to the thousands, they rushed to the Capitol and attacked. Meanwhile, Trump was safely in the Oval Office cheering as he watched the anarchy unfold. This is an article republished from The Conversation under Creative Commons license.
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