Tag: history
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Republicans and Isolationism–Twists and Turns
Nearly everyone speaking or writing about the current US Presidential campaign has at some point noted foreign policy or at least our relations with other nations as a part of it. It usually does not receive the same attention as border security and immigration(though they’re related), inflation and the overall apparent dissatisfaction of much of…
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American Attitudes and Capital Punishment
The Vietnam War was the first war which brought to the American people on the home front what really was going on; this meant that even those most reluctant to look at the world honestly were hard pressed not to admit the brutality in it. This was largely because of pictures, mostly TV news coverage, which…
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Where do we go from here?
This is the question left to the country after the NH primary. It settled some things but left others still in doubt. Like Fareed Zakaria on CNN news I have a “take” on some things and here is mine on NH and more broadly, the Presidential contest after NH How is Trump doing with his party?–Pretty well,…
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Long evening but short answers
It was a long evening if you chose to watch last night. I chose not to after the first reports established that Trump was going to win easily, something about 90% of the serious viewers were expecting. I might have watched a little more if the combination of a long, cold, hard day and a couple of…
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Leader AWOL, competitors nervous
The last debate begore the primary/caucus season begins is tonight in Iowa. Far from the stage full of Republican hopefuls we saw a few months ago, we are now down to two, one time SC Governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and FL Gov Ron DeSantis. Not that there aren’t others who are still trying. The most notable…
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A Higher Mountain
It was less than a week ago when I finished a blog here in my local library where I sit right now and sent it out to be published. I did not require a lot of time after that to find out that my article was already obsolete when it hit the email sites. The…
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The President Climbs a Mountain
Joe Biden will, I think, never be accused of not trying. He has taken on some of the worst difficulties–covid, the covid-brought about economic mess, a fractious and divided opposition(today’s Republicans), Putin & Ukraine and now the current tragic unfolding events in Gaza and Israel. There is much still unknown and undetermined and ,much we…
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The Ghosts of Movies Past–Random Harvest
“Random Harvest” and “The Uninvited” which I did here some time ago have one big thing in common. I thought they were both British made movies but both turned out to be American–at least technically and legally. I was not wrong, however, in their basic character. They are both British to the end in their…
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Well, it was a start
I am starting this blog Thu afternoon, the day after the first of the Republican Presidential debates. I watched some of CNN this morning and I have taken a quick look at the NYT. Other than that I have not studied the responses of others, so what you get here is pretty much me with…
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Giants Leaving Power–It Would Be About Time
It occurs to me that I now need to add to my most recent blog before posting it. And that is because it occurs to me now–and based upon many things, but particularly very recent news–the world may be about to witness the exits from power of two “giants.” I have in mind, of course,…
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