5 Apr, 2019
Marianne Williamson: Challenging the status quo in 2020
“Reparations for slavery? Upending militarism and waging peace? Taking climate change seriously? Getting carbon out of the atmosphere and fossil...
16 Nov, 2018
A Revolution of Democracy – An Essay of the Man from the North
“[Editor’s note: The Man from the North is a fictional character from Rivera Sun’s first series of novels. She has...
13 Nov, 2018
Hillary Clinton’s Defeat Became a Pink Wave
“This year Cambridge Scholar Publishers issued a book edited by Barry University professor Laura Finley and me, Trumpism: The Politics...
14 Oct, 2018
Our American character and you the voter
“When we speak of people from a particular identity group—ethnicity, nationality, regional group, state, town, or one of many others—we...
21 Aug, 2018
Another Week Under Trumpocracy
“Some takeaways from another week under He Who Would Be Emperor: “All politics is local.” Speaking to local issues rather...
15 Aug, 2018
Saving Democracy
“Writing on democracy, I’m reminded of a great old Stevie Wonder song, “Love’s in Need of Love Today.” Democracy is...
2 Jul, 2018
Cancel the 4th of July?
“A year ago I asked, A Political or Apolitical 4th of July? This year is different…” Wim Laven Published in:...
8 Dec, 2017
The Calculated Destruction of America’s Government
“It is truly extraordinary: the still-new Trump administration keeps appointing people whose common priority is the destruction of the agency...
8 Sep, 2017
Democracy Insurance
“Here’s a basic rule of public policy: If a society wants a capability, it has to pay for it…” Hardy...
25 Jul, 2017
In Our America: Community Building 101
“As the night of Tuesday, November 8, began to go downhill, like many Americans, I felt stunned and sickened…” Ali...
19 Jul, 2017
TrumPutin moving forward, democracy declines
“As a child of the Cold War (born during the Korean War, learned to talk during the McCarthy Era, turned...
17 Jul, 2017
What is our experience of our flawed democracy?
“Last year, the Economist Intelligence Unit dropped its score for the U.S. from 8.05 to 7.98 (Above 8 is a...
6 Jun, 2017
Will “nones” make America more liberal?
“The steady retreat of religion in America may shift politics to the left…” James A. Haught Published in: Sierra County...
31 May, 2017
Strip and flip: Democracy in a cage
“The wound burst open in November. History, suddenly, could no longer be avoided. Reality could no longer be avoided…” Robert...
26 Mar, 2017
Can Our Social Institutions Catch Up With Advances in Science and Technology?
“H.G. Wells, one of the most prolific and prominent novelists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries…” Lawrence Wittner...