Didn’t President Eisenhower warn us about this?
Eisenhower coined the term Military-Industrial Complex in his 1961 farewell address. In 2017, maybe the Military-Industrial Complex will rule America.
The exceedingly strange election season of 2016 has left me uncharacteristically speechless. Not to worry, I haven’t disappeared. Simply keeping a low profile on the blogosphere until the unpleasantness is over.
Early voting starts today in Maryland, and I plan to vote for Hillary Clinton tomorrow.
Maybe 2016 will fade quickly like a bad dream. Maybe the storm will pass and American politics will regain some sanity and civility. We can only hope.
Wednesday evening, and into the wee hours of Thursday morning, I watched the news from Charlotte, mostly on MSNBC, occasionally clicking over to CNN.
2018 Note: this post, which seemed so right at the time, only proves that I am often wrong.
Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia has just removed all doubt about the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
Bernie Sanders made it clear last night in California that he’s no longer running against Hillary Clinton. He’s running against Trump.
But more importantly, Bernie continues to run because he hopes to imprint his values and issues indelibly on American politics.
Let’s try to apply a little historical perspective to the 2016 election.
When Nelson Rockefeller, governor of New York, ran for the Republican nomination in 1964, his divorce and remarriage were considered to be disqualifying, in the eyes of many voters, especially Republican women.
Today, the presumptive Republican nominee for the highest office in the land is . . . Donald Trump? How many times has he been divorced? I forget. It doesn’t matter.
How America has changed in half a century! We were an intolerant society with overly rigid standards. We’ve become a society with no standards at all. We tolerate anything.
For Donald Trump, the charismatic chameleon, no standards apply. Nothing is too crude or too reckless. There are no limits to what the crowds will cheer for.
I wonder, what would President Eisenhower think of Donald Trump as commander-in-chief?
Bernie Sanders said at the outset of the campaign that the Big-Money Establishment (my words) would resist his “political revolution” with all its power.
News flash: Bernie Sanders is winning!
Why does the mainstream media report over and over that Hillary Clinton is almost certain to be the Democratic nominee?
The presumption of a Hillary Clinton nomination is based on a dwindling lead of fewer than 300 pledged delegates, with 18 states yet to vote.
This post from The Green Study is a “helpful” meditation for Super Tuesday. Most of the political vitriol that passes for news on “Cable News” channels in election year 2016 is not helpful.
Thanks to Michellle for a post that will help us keep our sanity for the balance of the election year.
It was a mild day for February in Minnesota yesterday. The sun was out and the birds were already doing their territorial and mating songs. After skimming the news for the day, I needed a walk. My mood was dark, as it usually is after taking in the shootings, the bloviating politicians, the wars and violations of human rights around the globe. As someone prone to depression, I have to fight the sense of desolation.
An alarm often goes off in my brain. Do something! Do something! I have that mentality of trying to fix, mediate, improve, or intervene, which leaves me a paralyzed, impotent ball of anger in the face of overwhelming and constant bad news. I thought about writing letters to Congress, refusing to buy certain products, running for local office, donating money to this cause or that. Bandages for my ego and drops in a bucket.