Here’s a dream for you. Imagine that the steel gates and huge vault doors of Fort Knox were opened to the world’s worst criminal and he, his family and his cohorts were invited to help themselves to all of our country’s wealth stashed inside with the promise that he would be immune from any criminal […]
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTIONS- PART II
We never had to worry that on the morning after an election that our democracy would be gone, replaced with a vindictive dictatorship, but here we are. Our founding fathers let us down. They never dreamed of one party controlled by angry, wealthy, selfish oligarchs could create a dictatorship in this land of the free […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF ELECTIONS- PART I
Do Americans really care about elections? Certainly, but an election really never changed things that much. Whether it was the Democrats or the Republicans, we were always sure to have a democracy with our freedoms set out in the Constitution and protected by the Courts. Not so anymore! The Republicans suddenly stopped believing in democracy, […]
Artificial Intelligence is Here
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is here. It’s starting. The automatic telephone message that tells you to stay on the line and it will help you is in the present. Your questions will be answered by the machine. It often works better than a live individual in the Philippines. It will research, solve problems, diagnose and write […]
No Answer from President Biden
About one year ago, on December 9, 2024, I wrote a letter to President Biden. It was apparent to me that he was exhibiting senility and had lost his fighting spirit. I’m much older than he and haven’t lost my fighting spirit, nor my sense of loyalty to my country. My letter suggested that before […]
What If – Part XIV – The Final Chapter
The Final Chapter GOOD v EVIL Political promises are generally just that. Promises. In 1928 Hoover promised… “A chicken in every pot and two cars in every garage”. We are facing something entirely different. It’s one of the true things Justice Alito has said. Paraphrasing: “It’s us against them.” He’s on the side of […]
What If – Part VIII – The Supreme Court
THE SUPREME COURT PART I Is it a run-a-way court? What can we do? Is it too late already? Legal scholars are frightened that the Supreme Court of the United States, (SCOTUS), packed by three Trump appointments, is a run-a-way right wing, destructive, extremist court. Theorists are now considering how we can solve […]
What If – Part VI – Presidential Immunity
PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY The “WHAT IF” article concerning how the government will operate in a Trump second term was written well before July 1st,2024 and predicted a “bumbling Biden”, a Supreme Court ruling granting the President limited, but broad immunity and the gutting of the independent regulatory agencies. Those predictions turned out to be accurate. […]