by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Oct 28, 2020 | Politics
I recently wrote of how our major political parties have become compromised by their cynical transactions, and how that state of compromise means that they both occupy the same solution space on many major areas of public policy. This includes militarism: there is...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 28, 2020 | Election, Opinion, Politics
A funny thing happened on the way to the election. The Press, the Fourth Estate, the Commentariat, the watchdogs who work to keep government honest, an element of a free society deemed so vital to its continued liberty, decided of its own volition to become a state...
by Peter Venetoklis | Oct 23, 2020 | Culture, Election, Politics, Taxation
Joe Biden, if elected President, is going to raise taxes. Many (most?) people who plan to vote for him want him to do so. Of course, when they say “Joe’s going to raise taxes,” they really mean “Joe’s not going to raise my taxes,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Oct 15, 2020 | Culture, Drug Policy, Economics, Opinion, Politics
Once again, the nation is agonized over a police killing of a person of color. Once again, mistrust between the community and the police rile riots that rope in the innocent. This time, it is the case of Breonna Taylor, killed in a botched drug raid. Once again,...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Oct 14, 2020 | Election, Opinion, Politics
Consider the phrase, “to compromise.” In politics, it’s the grease that lubricates the axles of government, and it’s something we probably need more of today. Consider a slight variation, “to be compromised.” In politics, it’s...
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