Abortion, the Supremes, and “the Leak”
Addresses the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion and declares that the leak has a tiny effect on confidence in the supreme court compared to the enormous effect that striking down Roe vs. Wade would have.
Stabbing Democracy to Death
The current Republican initiatives to draw electoral districts that guarantee Republican victory and hrow non-likely Republican voters off the ballot are attempts to kill democracy. Needed if we wish to claim to be democratic: nonpartisan redistricting, voter registration a birth, required recusal of justices in conflicts of interest, and abolution of electoral college.
Putin’s War and “The Butcher of Moscow”
Never before has a war been so thoroughly photographed and documented as Putin’s invasion of Ukraine . . . Seldom has an invasion been so obviously and clearly the doing of one person. . . .
WOMEN’S EQUALITY: A HIGH LEVERAGE POINT
You’ve probably watched TV news that shows police car chases, murders, muggings, armed robberies, police shootings, and —well, you name the violent crime. At first glance they may seem quite different, but they have one thing in common: The perpetrators in all those categories are almost all male. In fact, pretty near the only...
THE LIBERTARIAN OUTLOOK: WHAT IS IT REALLY?
DIfferentiates “libertarian” into “individual libertarian,” “big business libertarian” and “plutocratic libertarian. Tells how each of these outlooks differs from the others.
HOW THE WORDS “CONSERVATIVE” AND “LIBERAL” MISLEAD US
The terms “conservative” and “liberal” often confuse and conceal more than they reveal. Odd as it may sound, often they imply the very opposite of what they actually mean in a given situation. For example, when big banks and construction companies band together with their friends in government to ram an oil pipeline through farms and ranches of...
INDIA NAMES, CHINA COUNTS: OF MANTRAS AND COUNTING MEDITATIONS
Describes the differences among naming of days of the week and months of the year in India, Thailand, China, Japan, and Vietnam. Connects these with mantra meditation and breath counting meditation. Describes basic meditations of each kind, and pure focus on breathing.
Creating The Enemy
When we respond to the stories, words and pictures in our minds instead of using our eyes and ears to contact the actual reality around us, we can easily be manipulated. People with common interests can be turned against each other by superficial differences that keep us from seeing how we are manipulated by those who gain from exploiting all of us.
Supreme Court Justices – 3 thoughts
Supreme court should serve justice, not partisan agendas; a justice with any partisan interest should recuse; a process needed to remove those who do not so recuse from the bench; if Senate does hold confirmation hearings, after specified time candidate should automatically assume position
Trans Pacific Partnership
The TPP is an antidemocratic treaty proposal drafted by multinational corporations in their own interest. It is one more step toward dismantling democratic government. Its effects and chief features are listed in detail. Readers are urged to ask congresspersons to oppose “Fast track authority” which eliminates the Senate’s adivsory capacity which is written into the constitution,