Ideas and commentary with allegiance to neither the left nor the right, but only to this sweet land of liberty.

November 26, 2022

What Would the Founders say? With 610 mass shootings so far this year, including 12 in the past week in...

November 19, 2022
“To Make America Great and Glorious Again…”

Really? Yes, former President Trump really said that this past Tuesday in announcing...
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November 13, 2022
The Midterm elections: America is Back

American Democracy, more than anything else, prevailed in the just-completed midterm elections. We...
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November 5, 2022
Antisemitism: The Malevolent and Deadly Memeplex

Memeplex a set of memes that interact to reinforce each other. Julius Streicher,...
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October 27, 2022
GOP and Progressives Going Munich on Ukraine?

It wasn't quite Neville Chamberlain's "peace in our time." Still,...
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October 23, 2022
The Ruckus Over Censorship in America: It’s Really About Trust

First, let's see if we can agree on what illegal censorship is in...
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October 15, 2022
Trump, January 6th, 2021, and the Long, Dark Shadow of Roy M. Cohn

Many, perhaps most, readers of this column will have no real recollection of...
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