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Good, Methadone, and Fossil fuels: America’s Drug of Choice
Every time I hear or read we “captured” another county’s leader, I cringe. This writer is clearly no fan of Venezuela’s President, but let us face the truth; kidnapping another nation’s president is not “capturing” but simple kidnapping. No, this… Continue reading
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Good and Punishment on ‘Suspicion of Crime’
In some slow not so subtle changes in our country’s sense of justice, to suspect one of a crime is becoming the new standard of punishment: no trial, no evidence, no justification; simply suspicion can trigger brutal or even capital… Continue reading
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Good, Pardons, Magical Thinking, and the Importance of Real Evidence
Our current leadership holds its position of power because a thin majority the United States seemed willing to override real evidence of crime with “pardons of denial” when it came to voting in the last election. Perhaps the denial phase… Continue reading
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Good, Peace, Private Interest, Public Loss and Ignorance
In reading the history leading up to the second World War it seemed the world had learned an important lesson in trying to negotiate a peace through the concession of other people’s land and culture to the aggressor. If you… Continue reading
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Good and The Crime of “Dog Whistling” the Hounds from Hell
To call any group of human beings of any status, race or nationality, gender etc. “garbage” should be an impeachable crime when the lie is told from a position of power. If you follow the news, that term is reported… Continue reading
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Good and Why Immigration is not Political
If you don’t understand why immigration is not essentially political you need to go to the movie Nuremberg which has recently opened in theaters. No, the treatment of the immigrant is first and foremost, moral. The political response is only an echo of… Continue reading
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Good and the Fallacy of the Financial Elite
The highest standard of elite in a democracy is the authentic distillation, expression and codification of the public’s authority. Democracy is a public service. Yes, private individuals may have the power to trash the United States White House, but they are not… Continue reading
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Good, Governance and No Skin in the Game
Saying that you have no skin in the game suggests you can be impartial and disinterested in the decisions to be made. Generally that is a good thing to say for a mediator in a mediation. However, in governance, ‘no… Continue reading
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Good, The Next Democracy, Cult, and Traversing the Gulf of Disaster
The Next Democracy Virtue 5 Primacy of priorities for the future generations and the Earth’s care; The idea that humans could alter the composition and process of life to the point where earth might become uninhabitable simply wasn’t on the mind of our 18th century constitution’s authors. In this century… Continue reading
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Good and Building Toward the ‘Shared Public Reality’
The second virtue of a New Democracy (Building Toward the ‘Shared Public Reality’ and Unity) is to lock into a value that when exercised separates a true democracy from the 21st century train wreck now called the Divided States of America (DSA). As a country… Continue reading
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