Category: politics
Are We Living Under a Kakistocracy: Government by the Worst?
If so, what should we do about it? In 1787, as Benjamin Franklin left the final session of the Constitutional Convention, he […]
08/11/2022. Category: politics. Tags: government, laws
Interesting US President facts
As candidate for the Socialist Party of America, Norman Thomas ran for office of President of the United States 6 times – 1928, […]
01/17/2013. Category: politics. Tags: president
God and politics
Dorothy Parker famously stated, “If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it […]
07/11/2012. Category: politics. Tags: elections
Send all retirees to prison now!
Why should we send all the retirees to prison now? Because they gave us “free love” during the 1960s, and rock ‘n […]
06/29/2012. Category: politics. Tags: people
24 US States That Have Sweeping Self-Defense Laws Just Like Florida’s
“Stand Your Ground,” “Shoot First,” “Make My Day” – state laws asserting an expansive right to self-defense – have come into focus […]
03/31/2012. Category: politics. Tags: guns, laws
The Hidden Hands in Redistricting: Corporations and Other Powerful Interests
Their names suggest selfless dedication to democracy. Fair Districts Mass. Protect Your Vote. The Center for a Better New Jersey. And their […]
09/27/2011. Category: politics. Tags: elections
“Kill the farmer” scandal
While black cultures in Africa were still referring to themselves by their tribal names, the white Europeans (mainly from the Netherlands and […]
06/30/2011. Category: politics. Tags: crime
The Wiki Week
“You show people what you’re willing to fight for when you fight your friends,” Hillary Clinton once said. If only all politicians […]
12/06/2010. Category: politics. Tags: newspapers, wikileaks
So you want a revolution?
The word revolution means “turning around,” meaning a rapid transformation. The most famous revolutions arguably were the American Revolution (1775–1783), July Revolution […]
11/11/2010. Category: politics. Tags: revolution
Santa cartoonist destroys politicians
Between 1860 and 1880, the illustrator Thomas Nast introduced Santa Claus as a jolly old man with a white beard and red […]
10/21/2010. Category: politics. Tags: cartoons, thomas nast