The Gold Watch Club is a conversation regarding Joe Biden’s retirement as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for President. This conversation is meant to be candid, timely, and prophetic. If the leaders of the Democratic Party squander this last chance … Continue reading →
Interesting comments halfway through about how the US could actually work to improve the well-being of Iraqis. Predictably, however, budget-hawks in the GOP rule the media narrative until their chicken-hawk leaders see a chance to bomb someone in the name … Continue reading →
During a Facebook conversation in the wake of Bill Kristol’s appearance on Bill Maher, one of my Frisbee buddies liked my take on the Tea Party. I reposted it on Bill Maher’s page. I think it’s a huge mistake to … Continue reading →
The aspiration embodied in the statement “We the people” cast a long shadow in American and human history. William O. Douglas was very savvy in using the term “penumbras” to describe the extension of rights delineated in the Bill of … Continue reading →
Shelby Steele’s recent article on American Exceptionalism snared me into a long thread on Facebook that wandered off to an entirely different point about religiosity and creationism. It’s probably my fault. The link is here, though I can’t be sure … Continue reading →
