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Division Media
The media, at this time, likes to repeat the almost-mantra that the United States is divided into two antagonistic political camps. The division is right-versus-left ideology and us-versus-them tribalism. There is even a strong division among many political candidates over … Continue reading
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Tagged conservative, division, fake news, Fox, Liberal, media, Obama, opposition, politics, progressive
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Census-ship
As I write this, the media is proclaiming that President Trump has backtracked on his various plans to include a specific question on the official 2020 census form. The item the Trump administration wanted would ask respondents if they were … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged census, citizenship, media, president, rights, Supreme Court, Trump, voting
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Filibuster Bust
Is the filibuster dead? Was last week’s Senate move “unprecedented”? Was it “unthinkable”? Did it ever deserve the hyperbolic appellation “nuclear option”? Did the media overreach when they used such language? The event was certainly significant in its effects, but … Continue reading
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Tagged congress, filibuster, Garland, Gorsuch, media, partisan, Scalia, Senate, Supreme Court
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Trump the GOP!
Two significant political systems in the United States are apparently mystified by the unfolding events in the Republican race for the White House. One of them, according to the media, is the Republican Party itself, or at least the “establishment” … Continue reading
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Tagged business leader, conservative, election, Fox News, media, outsider, politically correct, politics, president, primary, Republican, talk radio, Trump
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Islam and Tolerance
President Obama has been getting a lot of criticism recently regarding his principled stands on religion—specifically, his attitudes toward Islam. Last year, it was all about his administration’s use of the acronym ISIL—Islamic State in the Levant—as shorthand for the … Continue reading
Veterans, Schools, and Scapegoats
Robert McDonald, the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs, has announced his plans to reform the Veterans Administration in the wake of a national scandal. The whole thing began when it was discovered that veterans experienced excessive wait times for care … Continue reading
Posted in Media
Tagged budget, education, fraud, hypocrisy, media, NCLB, public schools, scandal, scapeboats, testing, VA, veteran
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Shut It Down!
Here we go again. It is clear now, so clear that even pundits on CNN have recognized it, that President Obama made a serious mistake two years ago. More on that later. We have now seen the shutdown of the … Continue reading
Martin and Race
I’ll admit at first I was tempted to regard the Trayvon Martin murder trial as just another 24/7 distraction, as did many pundits. Depending on their particular interest set, they complained that the trial was diverting us from more important … Continue reading
Posted in Sociocultural
Tagged acquittal, justice, media, murder, profiling, race, self-defense, stand your ground, Trayvon Martin, trial, Zimmerman
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The Snowden Caper
In recent weeks the media and members of Congress have erupted with shock, surprise, and outrage about the “new” ways in which our government has been violating the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens. There was the “scandal” involving tracking the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged congress, constitution, Eisenhower, email, intelligence, media, military, NSA, Obama, PATRIOT Act, phone calls, privacy, secrecy, Snowden, spy, terror
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Terror in the Media
On Thursday, August 30, 2012, a legal hearing was held in the state of Georgia to begin the process of prosecuting four terrorists charged with plotting to kill thousands of people. The defendants in this plot had planned, among other … Continue reading