Now however, Buchanan’s politics embody the dominant strain within the GOP. And he’s viewed by many as a forerunner to Trump while the Bush dynasty and its brand of establishment conservatism have become anathema. At

Politico – As the Trump administration slashes billions in funding for research, conducts mass firings of federal employees, and cracks down on institutions of higher education, American pain is turning into European gain.  Across the

“We have no coherent message,” said Representative Jasmine Crockett, Democrat of Texas. “This guy is psychotic, and there’s so much, but everything that underlines it is white supremacy and hate. There needs to be a

Wasn’t it you who told me that when the United States entered World War I, it was practically over?  A character in a book I started reading, ‘We Shall Not Sleep’ by Anne Perry, makes

Good explanation of Trump-  Carnoy argued that “large blocs of the U.S. population have not been swept up in the economic growth of the past 40 years, which has largely enriched the top 1 percent

Columbian article raises lots of questions of the sort that are discussed in civics class or Social Studies. I have read that Portland had a strong KKK presence at one time. ‘The Pacific Northwest has

Reading The Limits of Power, Andrew J Bacevich, a book about America”s tendency to assume that it is able to tell the rest of the world how to be and how to run their governments. 

Quote from NYT article about nurses in Mississippi- Successive waves of illness and death have left them exhausted and numb; nearly one in five have left the profession over the past two years. And they

Tuesday, October 01, 2013 I get the New York Times emails with news updates but I have been bypassing the ones about the Republican antics. I consider those people dangerous anarchists and I hope the

“Possibilities for bringing justice and mercy, genuine freedom and prosperity, to the whole world. Empires always carry that possibility. But, alas, empires always also, for the same reason, face the temptation to use their power