THE PRESIDENCY, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, 2015.
“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people […]
Tag Archives: partisanship
THE IMPERILED OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Today is a day when the United States and the world should be celebrating the landmark agreement between China and the United States to reduce carbon emissions. We only have […]
IT’S ALL ABOUT KANSAS!
A funny thing happened on the way to the 2014 election, a rejection of party politics as usual is taking place. Greg Orman an independent candidate for the Senate from […]
WHERE HAVE THE PATRIOTS GONE? (A LONG TIME PASSING)
The Congress that has just closed down for their summer recess should just stay home. For those who bask in their victory of dysfunctional government,they should be ashamed of themselves. […]
RESPECT FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!
The office of the President, no matter who sits in the oval office, deserves our respect. If we so belittle the office through excessive partisanship we lessen the authority that […]
IS OUR DEMOCRACY DYING ? WILL OUR REPUBLIC SURVIVE?
” To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” George Orwell Benjamin Franklin famously said,” We have a Republic if we can keep it.” Well, […]
A TYRANNY OF THE MINORITY, CONTINUED.
As a historian I find the extreme right wing of the Republican Party provocateurs of the worst sort. In the name of liberty they lie and distort the very words […]
A HOUSE DIVIDED
We have just passed the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s ‘House Divided’ speech. It was given on June 16, 1858. It was a morally courageous speech which probably cost him the […]
THE EVILS OF PARTISANSHIP
I love my country and I want to see our system of government work. Our Republic has served us well for over 200 years, but to be honest with you, […]
Politics From The Middle 