Posted on February 19, 2023 by
Dick .
“The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.”
Marcus Aurelius
In 1935, during the depth of the Depression Sinclair Lewis published a novel in which the average American’s political ignorance and complacency resulted in a …
Posted on February 27, 2022 by
Dick .
“To promote the general Welfare”
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution
In the wake of the recent Canadian trucker’s demonstrations in Ottawa, the conservative-leaning Great American Patriot Project has urged and recruited American truckers to participate in a “Freedom Convoy”, a copycat cross-county caravan to protest “the unscientific, unconstitutional government overreach in regards …
Posted on February 19, 2022 by
Dick .
“Censorship reflects society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is the hallmark of an authoritarian regime.”
Potter Stewart Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Under the guise of encouraging parental involvement in the education of their children, state legislators, school board members, teachers and school administrators are being pressured, and sometimes …
Posted on November 12, 2020 by
Dick .
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan
There seem to be two groups still living in Trump's fantasyland.
The first includes all but twenty-odd Republican members of Congress who can’t utter the words, “Biden won.” They’ve placed loyalty to a narcissistic demigod above their …
Posted on September 10, 2020 by
Dick .
Marc Thiessen begins his recent OpEd piece, “Harris casting doubt on a pre-election vaccine is shameful”, claims “Democrats have accused President Donald Trump of endangering the public health …” and that “Trump will deservedly get credit” for such a timely vaccine. If Trump’s recommendations to not wear masks, medicate with …
Posted on May 10, 2020 by
Dick .
"I'm going to be working for you. I'm not going to have time to go play golf."
Donald J. Trump, August, 2016
On May 5th, ABC’s David Muir, whom I greatly admire, had a one-on-one interview with President Trump after he’d toured a Honeywell facility in Arizona making Personal Protective Equipment for …
Posted on April 18, 2020 by
Dick .
“America Doesn’t want a King Trump”
Piers Morgan
In November 2019, U.S. intelligence officials warned a contagion sweeping through China was altering lives and business and posing a mortal threat to its population. By January, senior White officials tried in vain to warn the president about the looming danger to America as …
Posted on March 22, 2020 by
Dick .
“It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.”
President Donald Trump (February 26, 2020)
Driven by a primal urge to constantly be the center of attention and bask in the adulation of adoring supporters President Trump sought a substitute for his near non-stop campaigning as …