Americans need to let go of the fiction that we, as a nation, are always in the right.
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Life During Forever Wartime
I was taught that war was bad, but sometimes necessary, and eventually it ended. The latter two concepts seem to no longer apply.
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Undercover as an Amazon driver
I once worked for UPS for about two hours. In even that short amount of time, I learned what I need to know what’s wrong with Amazon.
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The Columbus, Ohio Subway System
My city has chosen to build more and more roads, but one time it had trains and streetcars. In the mind of at least one man, it could one day have a subway. If only our leaders had such an imagination.
Read morePresidential crimes? Yawn. Where’s the “pizzazz?”
Public impeachment hearings began yesterday and the first two witnesses confirmed that the President of the United States of America used his foreign policy powers to extort personal political favors. What’s more, they testified to a previously unknown phone call in which the president personally attempted to direct the extortion scheme. That’s corrupt. It’s an […]
Read moreAn Unprecedented Abuse of Power
In the space of one news conference today, the president (a) announced he’d be using the power of his presidency to enrich him personally by holding the G7 summit at his own hotel; and (b) his Chief of Staff explicitly admitted that the president used his powers as Commander in Chief to extort a foreign […]
Read moreWere are in the midst of a dire constitutional crisis
In the past two and a half years the President has repeatedly argued that he is not subject to legal process. That he is not required to make public information which is historically made public by presidents. That he is not constrained in any real way by either the enumerated, implied, or customary powers of […]
Read moreThe Whistleblower Complaint is Damning
Here it is in black and white: the Whistleblower Complaint is out and not only does it claim, as I noted yesterday, that President Trump abused his power for personal gain, but, in a nod the master, Richard Nixon, he attempted to cover it up is well. The whistleblower says that Trump pressured a foreign country […]
Read more“I would like you to do us a favor though . . . “
Earlier today President Trump released a summary memorandum of his July 2019 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Its contents are damning. They justify Trump’s impeachment, without question. The summary — which it should be remembered, was crafted by Trump and his aides in order to put Trump’s words and conduct in the best possible light […]
Read moreTrump Must Be Impeached
It’s about as straightforward as a thing can be: the President of the United States has used his powers as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and head of state to coerce another country — one which relies on us for protection against a stronger, threatening neighbor — to dig up dirt on his domestic political opponents. […]
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