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Propensities and Lifestyle
(Where Are You Vacationing?) The word propensity has to do with decision-making direction. Synonyms are predilection, proclivity, tendency, preference, disposition, and attraction. Given normal circumstances, propensity is the decision one is most likely to make. It is that toward which one is most inclined. It is a natural leaning. That […]
How Full is the Glass?
(A Metaphorical Question About Life) Here is the question: Is the glass half empty or half full? No one seems to know the origin of this phrase. But its various versions have been around a long time in many cultures. What it acknowledges is that we discern options and make […]
Pow, Pow, Power
POW, POW, POWER Power is the ability to determine the direction to social living – whether it is mine or my community. It is about an elevated authority to make something happen. It is the capacity to move institutions in a desired direction. It is the prerequisite of social change. […]
Political Expediency and Betrayal of Office
(The Erosion of Constitutional Commitment) Article II, section 4 of the United States constitution gives The House of congress the power to impeach civil servants for treason, bribery, high crimes, and misdemeanors. The Senate is given the power to determine guilt or innocence. The proceeding is presided over by the […]
Rape in the Military
(American Culture and Its Reflection) Reported rapes of women in the military are on the increase despite all efforts to curb them. Why? Here are four integrated surface reasons. One: It remains a male culture that propagates concepts of virile Top Dog masculinity. As such it is provocative of one-up […]
That Illusive Nobel Peace Prize
How could America’s only black president have been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize and the same not be awarded to the greatest of America’s white presidents? After all, he claims to be not only the smartest guy in the room but the smartest guy in the world. Indeed, Donald Trump […]
House Slippers and Economic Imperialism
Wilbur Ross is a millionaire who made a lot of his money restructuring and selling failed businesses such as steel, coal, telecommunications, and textiles. His nickname is King of Bankruptcy. This puts him in the same league as Donald Trump. He lives just down the road from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago playground […]
Yes! There is a Crisis in America
YES! THERE IS A CRISIS IN AMERICA (Democracy Threatened) In fact there are two crises – with the first creating the second. The first crisis is of Donald Trump’s ego. It rises from his deep-seated sense of self-worth deficit. In compensation, his ego demands that he be superior to all […]
An Open Letter to the President
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT (A New Year Wish) Dear President Trump: Patriotism is loyalty to the values of one’s country. American democracy stands for the innate worth of every citizen, politics devoted to the citizenry’s common good, and the citizenry’s responsibility to sustain these by their vote. When […]
Our New American Despotism
OUR NEW AMERICAN DESPOTISM The First World War was horrendously costly. 9, 720, 450 Military lives lost (all sides) 8, 865, 659 Civilian lives lost (all sides) 19,769, 102 Wounded (all sides) $60, 643, 160, 000 monetary costs This past month, November 11, 2018 marked the hundredth anniversary of the […]
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