political power plays

October 4, 2025

Why We Disagree

In the latest post, I held to the rigid position that Democrats are solely responsible for our current shutdown. They alone, by their own power, prevented a democratic majority of votes from...

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September 14, 2025

God’s Limit

How much evil brings good? Now that Charlie Kirk is dead, will America get better? Some people from almost all walks of life think so. One of my favorite Psalms, 76, verse...

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September 14, 2025

Taking Sides

Our political spectrum is usually shown and discussed as a straight line. Anarchy on the left, totalitarianism on the right. A few wise souls identify it as a circle, where communism and...

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June 27, 2025

Rules of Engagement

My apologies to anyone seeking an easy read. Unless you are steeped in 15th – 19th Century philosophy, this will be very difficult to wrestle with, yet it contains everything necessary to...

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April 30, 2025

Families of Four

The US Federal Govt spent over $20,000 for every person last year. We owe a total of $106,000 per individual in federal debt. The GDP last year was $86,000 per person, while...

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April 12, 2025

Middling at Both Ends

This post is past due. My newest goal is to make everything “gentle and agreeable,” which is contrary to my nature. It also violates the current absolute division between I support Trump...

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April 3, 2025

What Tariffs? No Tariffs Here.

Donald Trump imposed no tariffs. We have no tariffs, any more than the EU, China, Canada, Mexico, India, Australia, the Philippines or Vietnam have tariffs on us. Fair trade means no tariffs....

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March 10, 2025

Far Worse Corruption is Waiting

The budget demonstrates federal corruption perfectly. A continuing resolution means nothing changes. Republicans present Biden’s budget from last year with a few trillion added on. That means all the same funding for...

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March 9, 2025

Waking from Woke

In my last article, I mentioned that the newest term for Hysteria is Woke, particularly as “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” where victims automatically believe the direct opposite of what we see and hear...

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