Politics
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January 2, 2017
A Blue Collar State of Mind
I didn’t vote for Donald Trump for POTUS (or for Hillary Clinton), but I understand exactly why so many did and why he won the…
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July 4, 2016
A Nerdy President Everybody Could Trust (8/19/2014)
Originally published 8/19/2014 · republished 2016
Two or three weeks ago I saw on Facebook one of those irritating little “Quotes in a Box” attributed to USA President Calvin Coolidge. I…
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September 9, 2016
Abraham Lincoln, Gary Johnson, and Libertarianism
I’m thinking of the libertarian political philosophy in connection with Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s failure to respond quickly and appropriately to a question about…
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June 12, 2020
Defunding!
Calls to “defund” police departments sound unreasonable, but I understand some are saying that they don’t really want to remove all funding and shut down…
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August 11, 2016
Dillard L. Williams and the Confederate Flag (March 30, 2010)
Originally published March 30, 2010 · republished 2016
Dillard L. Williams is one of my ancestors, my paternal grandfather’s great grandfather. He was born in 1821 and, according to Granddaddy, was murdered in 1864. If…
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June 15, 2016
Gerrymandering By Cropping
Originally published 10/4/2013 · republished 2016
If you have experience posting photos on some websites, you know that the photos have to be a certain size and shape and have received…
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August 4, 2016
Language, Culture, and Mosque Difficulties (8/16/2010)
Originally published 8/16/2010 · republished 2016
(The difficulties have not improved since I wrote this six years ago.) I recall a conversation with my Japanese assistant during my early 1990’s Tokyo…
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September 28, 2018
Missed Opportunity
Judge K’s reaction to the interrogation is understandable given the irrational attacks on his personal character, but I wish he had been more rational, less…
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November 10, 2016
Power Shift Needed
Reading all the doomsday rhetoric on the web today about our president elect gives me hope that we all can unite now in demanding that…
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February 12, 2023
Presidential Candidates and Voters
Originally published 1/24/2016 · republished 2023
This post is based largely on A Thinking Person’s Candidate published by me in an earlier blog on 1/24/2016, seven years ago. The…
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July 1, 2016
Red State Blue State, Demographics, Economics, and Politics (12/7/2012)
Originally published 12/7/2012 · republished 2016
In famously Red South Carolina, voting only 44% for President Obama in 2012, I live in Richland County, home of the University of South Carolina…
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July 17, 2016
Richard John Neuhaus: Liberal Lutheran to Conservative Catholic (4/15/2015)
Originally published 4/15/2015 · republished 2016
A new biography, Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square by Randy Boyagoda, does quadruple duty. It provides a well-researched and documented critical look at…
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September 23, 2018
Thoughts on Judge Kavanaugh
If I were Judge Brett Kavanaugh, I would be wondering why I didn’t issue this statement and take this action when Mrs. Ford’s accusation first…
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January 20, 2025
Why Donald J. Trump
I wonder what percent of USA citizens would agree that these are sixteen primary reasons Donald J. Trump won a second term as POTUS. Maybe…
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