It has been 50 years, so the shock is gone, of course. The grief has passed for some and lingered for others, but the sense of loss remains palpable for most of us who remember. It was a loss of hope and of innocence for an entire generation and the blinding of a dream of… [read more]
If It Isn’t a Perfect 10 . . .
Look, it’s as plain as can be that the Affordable Care Act – Obamacare – was flawed from the start. Whatever your political views, the act focuses on payment, not medical care itself. And it doesn’t cover everyone. Besides, the stupid website doesn’t work. Just de-fund it, already. And while I’m thinking of it, our… [read more]
Jax Fablz: Where Bees Go
There were hives. Lots of hives. They were all over the Federation of Bee Hives. The drones worked hard, collecting pollen and bringing it back to the hives and the queens would look upon their work and say that it was good. But both the queens and the drones of the southern hives had too… [read more]
Another Shot In The Foot
The recent government shutdown over a stupid power play by right wing extremists, along with their threat to cause the United States to default on its debt, were more than just political theater and more even than a showdown episode. It was an exercise in self-destruction. Yes, it was destructive to the Republican Party. On… [read more]
R2D2 And You
A few days after one of my Money, Politics and Democracy presentations, an attendee wrote to me, saying, “After asking you a question at the DUUC presentation, I went home and began re-reading the Constitution, thinking that the Supreme Court decision re: Citizens United basically indicated that corporations were persons and therefore were entitled to… [read more]
Are You Ready?
Boomers are the ones who were told, “Don’t trust anyone over 30,” (thank you, Jerry Rubin), the ones who were going to change the world and who most certainly were never going to get old. But now we are past the point where we can refuse to trust anyone over 30, we did change the… [read more]
This Just In
October 15, 2013 – Washington DC In a joint press conference called late yesterday by Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), accompanied by Republican House Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) and Reince Pribus, Chairman of the RNC, it was announced that President Ronald Reagan will no longer be… [read more]
The Continuing Frog Boil
The U.S. budget sequestration went into effect on March 1, 2013. It was designed to reduce defense and certain non-defense discretionary spending by annually declining percentages through 2021. It applies these cuts with the fine precision of a large asteroid smashing into the Earth. It was said to be designed as a pressure on Congress… [read more]
What Do You Want?
A fundamental question in all negotiations is, “What do you want?” Of course, there are other questions each party must answer but everything hinges on knowing what you want. Absent that, all negotiations are just exercises in defeating the other guy for no clear purpose other than the opportunity to do a little chest beating. … [read more]
The Greater Good – Part 2 of 2
Books have been booked and blogs have been blogged. Pundits have pundited and liars have lied. The consensus seems to be that the invasion of Iraq was about oil. Clearly, it wasn’t about WMD’s or Saddam’s non-existent links to al Qaeda. So, let’s play with the oil theory. We are now in the Situation Room. … [read more]
