Unless you’re a seditionist and/or hard-core religious zealot, these are not good times for America.
Tag: Human rights
Do We Have a Counterculture?
To a question currently circulating on social media: What item from the 1970s should be brought back? an old friend answered: a counterculture. I found that quite thought-provoking. Don’t we have a counterculture today? It’s possible that we have one, …
The Least the Democrats Can Say Is That They’re “Not Nuts”
In an earlier post, Is a New Political Party in the U.S. a Good Idea?, I pointed out that there is nothing intrinsically wrong with the Democratic party. It may lack forceful new ideas, and it may be led by …
The Least the Democrats Can Say Is That They’re “Not Nuts” Read More »
Is a New Political Party in the U.S. a Good Idea?
Pastor John Pavlovitz and I see this precisely the same way. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the Democratic party. It’s platform includes environmental responsibility, quality education, human rights, equal justice, and restoring the economic policies that made this nation …
Is a New Political Party in the U.S. a Good Idea? Read More »
Impoverishment
A few years ago, I was speaking with a man who is, I believe, the most intelligent person I’ve ever known, Dr. David Doty. The discussion turned to human rights, and he told me that freedom from impoverishment should be …
Lots Happening in California, Texas, and Florida–But …..
There is a point to be made in the meme here, but the goings-on in California normally involve environmental stewardship, human rights, healthcare, or something else that makes the planet a better place to live. The precise opposite is true …
Lots Happening in California, Texas, and Florida–But ….. Read More »
Human Rights
Here’s a cute way of expressing a message that the not-too-bright segment of the libertarians is fond of. Call me weird, but I believe in human rights, i.e., things to which everyone is entitled. Now, of course, exactly what those …
Human Rights
A reader sent me this, and notes: When you finally realize that life is more than getting a list of freebies or demands fulfilled. We see this commonly from Trump supporters, i.e., those who are told, and believe with all …
Tagged with: Human rights
Progressives Aren’t Great Organizers
The title of this post may be misleading; progressives do get involved with the issues of the day. The problem is that there are dozens of ways to be a progressive, because there are so many causes to support: climate …
Saying Goodbye To Trickle Down Economics
From The Guardian: Cut taxes on the rich. Unleash a wave of entrepreneurship. Growth will pick up and more jobs will be created. Everybody benefits. That, in essence, is trickle down – a theory of economics that Joe Biden wants to …
Tagged with: cut taxes on the rich, highest unemployment rates since the Great Depression occurred under Reagan and Bush, Human rights, infrastructure/job growth, Joe Biden, restoring the respect afforded to the United States from by rest of the world that had all but completely evaporated over the last four years, The Guardian, trickle down economics doesn't work
