Category: American Culture
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If the damage weren’t so devastating, one would say that it is ironic that the movement to protect human fetuses, that brands itself “pro-life” and sprang from the moral and religious reverence for human life of the Catholic Church and Evangelical branches of Christianity, is in fact an inhumane movement. The reader may well ask,…
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Progressives are pushing the Democratic Party to embrace a universal single-payer health care system, what is being called Medicare For All. But is that the best way to proceed for the American people? I am in favor of a universal single-payer system in the United States. Where every person is covered, where there are no deductibles, where…
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We all know what the “American dream” has been. As the phrase is generally used, it has meant the material benefits of freedom … upward mobility, financial success, home ownership. That hard work will pay off and that each successive generation will be better off. This dream is what drove the tens of millions of…
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The question is, should Governor Northam of Virginia resign because he possibly either put on blackface or a KKK robe for a picture that found its way into his medical school yearbook (which he first admitted and then denied), or because he now admits that he blacked his face as part of a Michael Jackson…
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Yesterday was my 75th birthday. Usually I treat my birthdays just like any other day, although a cause for some celebration. I have always felt good about birthdays, as opposed to the way many people feel. I’ve never felt myself “growing old” and fearing the future. But at 75 years, it does seem to warrant…
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These have been years that try men’s souls. Dysfunction and inhumanity have always been abroad to a greater or lesser extent. But these last two years under President Trump have been especially difficult. Yes, come January the Democrats will be in control of the House. But while that portends some policy changes that will be…
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Many people would look at the phrase “understanding rage” as an oxymoron. To them rage is irrational. It’s craziness. And because it’s not a rational state, it cannot be understood, that is, there is no rational explanation. It’s true that there is no reasoning with rage. The rational forces of democracy are not only helpless…
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Lotteries were begun to meet the funding needs of state governments, mainly in the area of education. That narrow focus, meeting state funding needs, continues to be the objective. It is past time to broaden the focus to one that includes improving the financial wherewithal of as many people as possible, thus providing a greater boost…
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With the current president in office and the dysfunctional political climate in the country, it would be easy to focus on nothing but our current problems and how to move the country back to a state of sanity and rationality. While that is of utmost importance and so must consume much of our time and…
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July 4th … Independence Day … is fraught with symbolism. It’s the beginning of American exceptionalism, the beginning of America taking its place on the world’s stage, the beginning of freedom and prosperity for Americans. There is no question that 1776 marked the beginning of America’s feeling that it was exceptional and that its moral…
