“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 …