There is a consensus that Islamic terrorism is now the greatest threat to America’s peace and stability. [Some few would demur; that it takes a close second place to current economic stagnation.] Within that consensus, there are two distinct … [Read more...] about Facing Facts* (On Islamic Terrorism)
Trump
US Presidential Election’s Media Disaster*
Perhaps not since 1936 has there been such a failing through prejudicial media reporting of a presidential election. Then, of course, the enormously popular weekly, The Literary Digest, predicted a strong victory for the Republican conservative … [Read more...] about US Presidential Election’s Media Disaster*
Newspeak II*
George Orwell, the brilliant political writer and philosopher of the 1950s, saw the possibility we might drift into a seductive totalitarian society. Orwell wrote that it would be with the help of a new language; “Newspeak” he called it. That … [Read more...] about Newspeak II*
The American Exception*
“American exceptionalism” is a term being bandied about a good deal these days by politicians and The Talking Heads. The Founding Fathers, of course, believed quite rightly that they had created a new and unique form of government even though they … [Read more...] about The American Exception*