- Sometimes it seems as if "Conversation" has become a bad word in our country, as if talking to someone not in complete agreement with you is a sign of weakness. Sometimes it seems as if Anger is the only energizing force we allow ourselves. I believe in a different America. An America where two people can disagree but still respect the basic humanity of the other person. An America where it is possible to disagree without hate, to talk without shouting. I believe, even still, in the ideal of the United States of America, a democracy where each person has the right to pursue their own life, and have their own opinion. If our country is less great than it once was, it is because we have slipped away from this idea, this belief that all men and women have the right to choose the course of their own lives, and their own opinions. It is both the left and the right that have slipped away from this idea, allowed their anger to somehow convince themselves to question the humanity of the other side. Sometimes it seems that fighting anger with reason is impossible. But if history has proven anything, it is that reason does always eventually win. This blog is my effort to again have a conversation, to replace anger with reason. I hope you will join me in a conversation, and together we can recapture the faith in our country and our citizens that made America great.
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Monthly Archives: November 2019
Be Gentle with your Trump-loving relatives this Thanksgiving
Be gentle with your Trump-loving family members this Thanksgiving. And yes, that means taking a step back from your moral high ground. I didn’t vote for the President and I’m not a fan of the Administration. However the Pro Impeachment … Continue reading
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Ferguson’s 2016 consent decree curtailed code enforcement. Blight ensued
Ferguson is hurting. The cause, in part, is the 2016 consent decree signed with the Department of Justice after Michael Brown’s death that forced the city to change its housing code enforcement. It’s Ferguson’s African American homeowners who are being … Continue reading
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Socialism and Unicorns
I’m sorry, but it’s just hard for me to take people that talk about socialism seriously. If I said I believe in government by unicorns” you would laugh at me. But socialism is no more connected to reality than unicorns … Continue reading
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CEO Salaries – a distortion of American Capitalism
Here’s an example of how American Capitalism has been distorted: compensation for Chief Executive Officers of public companies. If you go back a few decades, the average corporate CEO made about 20 times what his or her workers made. By … Continue reading
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Trump, Israel and the Two State Solution
President Trump left his mark on a little more of the world this week. The administration reversed decades of US policy, declaring that Israel has a right to build settlements in Palestinian West Bank.
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Impeachment
It’s a sad day for our country, and I wish President Trump would correct the situation, for the good of our country. Like many middle of the road people, I doubted that President Trump’s campaign actively colluded with the Russians, … Continue reading
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