“I’m afraid, based on my own experience, that fascism will come to America in the name of national security.”
Jim Garrison
We were warned:
By the architect of our Constitution, James Madison; “I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by …
“Notice and comment is unnecessary because I am ordering the repeal,”
President Trump’s Executive Order to unilaterally
repeal energy and environmental regulations
Donald Trump’s insatiable thirst for and expansive interpretation of presidential power has been the defining characteristic since his inauguration. His issuances of daily, often legally-questionably, Executive Orders and Actions have …
Of course I’m not going to do it,”
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele
Despite judicial orders, President Trump remains defiant when it comes to repatriating a wrongfully arrested and deported legally-protected El Salvadoran immigrant who has lived in the country for a decade, is married to an American citizen with whom …
“My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier,”
President Trump – January 20, 2025
Trump has long billed himself as being a “unifier” and on election night declared his victory was a “massive mandate.”
In 2024 of the approximately 242 million eligible voters only 155.3 million (a dismal 63.9%) actually …
“The debt is being cynically exploited by the far right, with collusion of the Democrat establishment, to undermine what remains of social programs, public education, unions, and, in general, remaining barriers to corporate tyranny.”
Noam Chomsky
The new Republican House majority has staked out a number of goals, a few admirable and …
“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects”
Aristotle
America’s political system was built on the canons of democracy, equality and liberty. Yet, while each is vital to a free society, they are unique and strange bedfellows, frequently at odds with …
In their enthusiasm to once again demonstrate the charitable nature of their social souls, our selectmen have obviously lost sight of one of the most fundamental principals on which our federal, state and local governments was founded.
The premises of “majority rule” in our democratic society has always been tempered with …