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Tag Archives: politics
CEO Government
In recent decades it has been common for political pundits and some candidates for office to denigrate the very title “politician” and to promote the idea that what the country needs is to populate our government with non-politicians. In truth, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Bloomberg, business, CEO, government, Hrding, politician, politics, president, Schwarzenegger, Trump, Ventura
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Insurrelection Solved
In my previous month’s offering I stated that the United States, in the 2020 presidential election, dodged a bullet. That is to say, somewhat less briefly, that we avoided an attempted insurrection, one that was based on little more than … Continue reading
By Any Other Name
Some political labels are, at best, chameleons. It’s not their fault. They are complex constructs that inspire different responses in the minds of different people, involving innumerable stories that persist over decades. Their adaptive coloring matches the conceptual background provided … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged Democrat, election, labels, Liberal, politics, popuist, Republican, socialist
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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
Posted in Politics
Tagged conservative, division, fake news, Fox, Liberal, media, Obama, opposition, politics, progressive
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Religious Wrongs
Be careful what you wish for. This warning is a popular idiom and cliché, in this case one not attributed to Shakespeare or Aesop or any Greek philosopher, but one that is useful as a cautionary reminder. We should all … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sociocultural
Tagged democracy, diversity, evangelical, government, politics, religion, religious right, theocracy
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Commons Problems
If you want to talk about the environment or natural resources or about publicly available information or even privately held resources that are widely shared, you should recognize a concept that describes a well-researched and widely recognized problem. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Politics
Tagged commons, environment, free market, government, greed, politics
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Poor Connections
In interviews and campaign press releases, Republican leaders like to brag about their humble beginnings and how much they care about people who are suffering financially. This has been a common GOP strategy at least as far back as the … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged budget, education, GOP, government, Hatch, McConnell, middle class, politics, poverty, Republican, Ryan, tax
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Envy, Fear, Hate
Envy and self-pity, and the negative feelings that result from them, are normal human emotions. Envy and self-pity are also often connected, not only in the sense that they can arise from the same life experiences, but because they tend … Continue reading
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
Posted in Politics
Tagged business leader, conservative, election, Fox News, media, outsider, politically correct, politics, president, primary, Republican, talk radio, Trump
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Words of Terror
There is one thing we must recognize if we are at all aware of the interactions of language and history, or language and politics, or language and human understanding: The words we use affect the way we organize our perceptions. … Continue reading