13 Nov, 2023
Just Heartbeats Away from Theocracy
Just Heartbeats Away from Theocracy by Bob Topper 1018 words What does it mean to US democracy that Mike Johnson...
13 Nov, 2023
28 Jul, 2023
Fact and Fantasy, Demigods and Myths
Fact and Fantasy, Demigods and Myths by Bob Topper 1248 words Published in: Counterpunch, Augusta Free Press, LA Progressive, Dates:...
11 Mar, 2023
Religion’s Dark Side
Religion’s Dark Side by Bob Topper 1137 words On March 16, 2021, a man shot eight women to death in Acworth, Georgia,...
6 Dec, 2022
The Chicken Little strategy
America needs an opposition party. Ideas must be tested, debated, and deliberated. We need an opposition like the Grand Old Party of Everett Dirksen, William F. Buckley, and Barry Goldwater, a party with constructive ideas.
14 Sep, 2022
Attack on religious liberty?
As keynote speaker at Notre Dame’s Religious Liberty Summit conference in Rome last July, Supreme Court Justice Alito, said that “religious liberty is under attack.”
13 Jul, 2022
Supreme Court denies religious freedom
A good friend who heads a leading law firm once explained that when a lawyer’s case is weak, he argues precedent. He relies on historical findings in similar cases to razzle-dazzle the judge and jury. But when a lawyer is in command of his case, understands how and why his position is fair and just, he doesn’t sway the court with arcane case law.
6 May, 2022
Putin’s war will not be on the ballot–but democracy will be
Historical memory can fade over time. Born in 1942, I've watched it happen. We lost sight of the cruelty of fascism and authoritarian rule and how indispensable free democratic societies are to world peace and well being.
15 Jan, 2022
The People v. Mississippi: Defending Women’s Right to Choose
Within the next few months the Supreme Court will decide on Mississippi’s challenge to Roe V. Wade. No Court in the past 50 years would have taken this case, but the present conservative Court, bolstered by a string of unethical Senate ...
30 Nov, 2021
Prohibition revisited
The idea that America is a Christian Nation is a modern myth. The founding documents do not mention Christ or scripture. While the word “God” appears in the opening of the Declaration of Independence, it refers to “Nature’s God,” the god of Deism...
7 Oct, 2021
The Thread of Truth
In my college days I was a conservative republican. I voted for Barry Goldwater, and Ronald Reagan. But I gave up on the party during the presidential election of 2008...
24 Dec, 2020
Minority Rule in America?
"On October 7, 2020, Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah tweeted, “Democracy isn’t the objective..."