The facts are not in dispute. The United States spends more per person on medical care than any other country, and the gap is getting worse. The American Medical Care system leaves millions of its citizens uninsured, and it has the worst health outcomes of any wealthy country. Medicare-for-All would cost less than the current … [Read more…]
During the 2016 presidential campaign, analysts, including Republicans as well as Democrats, were discussing the probable disintegration of the Republican party with a Trump loss. First, Trump was widely expected to lose. Second, Trump was not acting within the bounds of a regular political contest, thus shedding many traditional Republicans. During the campaign, Trump strayed … [Read more…]
I spent last weekend in my small hometown, McIntosh, Alabama, participating in high school homecoming activities. To my surprise, the town has a black mayor. This news caused me to reflect even more on the election of an African American mayor in Montgomery, Alabama. Last week, Montgomery, the city that calls itself the cradle of … [Read more…]
Nation Shocked That Giuliani Has Associates By Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 13 October 19 The article below is satire. Andy Borowitz is an American comedian and New York Times-bestselling author who satirizes the news for his column, “The Borowitz Report.” After learning that two of Rudy Giuliani’s associates had been charged with federal campaign-finance … [Read more…]
Last week I participated in a forum on the cost of voting, sponsored by the local chapters of the League of Women Voters and the NAACP, and also the Lifelong Learning Institute. My contribution centered around the point that the history of voting in America is a history of exclusion. In recent years scholars have … [Read more…]
Wow! In an address to the United Nations last Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proclaimed that the United States and other Western nations were in decline and having difficulty accepting that fact. Specifically, Lavrov said the West’s philosophies are out of step with the times, and the west is struggling to accept its diminishing … [Read more…]
My fraternity brother, Gus Sankey, sent around this graphic of the impeachment process. FYI, I am passing it on.