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The Pacific Urgently Suggests that You Vote Blue Today
If you want to save liberal democracy, the possibility of less war, the health of oceans and all things on earth that the oceans make possible (well, everything), the best thing you can do today, November 6th, is find a way to vote for the Democratic Party. President Trump and his Trumpublican Party have, to say the least, become, as Trump himself likes to … Read More The Pacific Urgently Suggests that You Vote Blue Today
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Is President Trump’s Baseness Shrinking the Republican Base?
President Trump entered the White House in January of 2017; by the end of his first month in office, Trump had a net disapproval rating in only six liberal states: California, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland and Hawaii. By the end of September of 2018, however, Trump’s disapproval disease had spread to 29 states. Might all of Trump’s “false statements”, corruption in his administration, … Read More Is President Trump’s Baseness Shrinking the Republican Base?
President Trump’s Selfish Nationalism is Self-Defeating
According to U.S. President Donald Trump, a globalist “is a person that wants the globe to do well, frankly, not caring about our country so much. And you know what? We can’t have that.” In sum, “globalists” are bad, according to Trump, because they are not narrowly patriotic enough; a true globalist embraces the whole human race, and thus is a traitor to his … Read More President Trump’s Selfish Nationalism is Self-Defeating
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Senator Susan Collins Casts a “Grievously Wrong” Vote to Confirm Kavanaugh
When Senator Susan Collins of Maine took to the floor of the Senate to announce whether or not she would vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, the nation seemed to hold its breath: would Collins join her fellow female, Republican colleague Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska to put an end to the nomination of a man suspected of perjury and … Read More Senator Susan Collins Casts a “Grievously Wrong” Vote to Confirm Kavanaugh
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Benjamin Wittes on Judge Brett Kavanaugh: I Know Him But I Wouldn’t Confirm Him
Writing in The Atlantic, Benjamin Wittes, Editor in chief of Lawfare and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, explains why he has decided that Judge Brett Kavanugh, a man he knows and respects, is not worthy of being confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Though Wittes admits that he found Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony slightly more credible than Kavanaugh’s, what matters most to … Read More Benjamin Wittes on Judge Brett Kavanaugh: I Know Him But I Wouldn’t Confirm Him
For the International Day of Peace: A Brief Reflection
Today the whole planet–at least the human part– celebrates the United Nations created International Day of Peace, first established in 1981. This year’s theme honors the 70th anniversary of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights by suggesting “the right to peace”, a right not explicitly declared in the UDHR. If we think of peace as a human right (the right not to be … Read More For the International Day of Peace: A Brief Reflection
Why I am a “bleeding-heart liberal”
To be “liberal” is to be “open to new ideas” and “favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.” Given the above definition, can a true liberal be a promoter or defender of that most ancient flaw of humanity–war? Is such a thing as a “liberal hawk” logical or possible? One of the oldest ideas in all of human civilization is the idea … Read More Why I am a “bleeding-heart liberal”
