Shameless Cravens and a Plea for History
This is only an opinion. There is not enough hard evidence available for me to say without equivocation that Lindsey Graham is a craven, much …
Posts in category 2016 Election
The Hero in Nature, a 21st Century Pespective
In 1840 Thomas Carlyle gave a series of lectures in London about “Heroes and Hero-Worship”. I’m trying to condense some of them into modern easy-to-read English, …
Juries
Every citizen charged with a crime is entitled to a jury of his/her peers to determine guilt. Innocence is presumed. Every military member charged with a …
In Celebration of the Neocons
In 2004, awaiting a vote in the newly liberated Iraq, their first democratic vote ever, I wrote my first published essay, “Prospects for Democracy in the …