You may note that in the title of this post, I chose the informal version of all right, lest there be any doubt about the ideology of many young people today. Hardly conservative in their propensities, it would seem that many of them are awaking to the potential for power
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Politics and its Discontents: The Pressure Builds
Following up on my post the other day, there is no sign that the pressure Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg has placed on Fox’s Laura Ingraham is abating. Indeed, one wonders if she is now taking the same route that saw Bill O’Reilly’s exit from the Fox News Network following
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: May They Inspire Us All
Their voices, I hope, are growing too loud to be ignored any longer: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Crowdsourcing, Anyone?
Like millions of people around the world, I have been deeply impressed and moved by the passionate conviction with which young people, spearheaded by the survivors of the horrific shootings in Parkland, Florida, are organizing and demonstrating to bring some sanity to the gun laws of the United States. Their
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Conspiracy, Anyone?
Probably because I am in possession of a reasonably well-functioning brain and had the benefit of a good education, conspiracy theories have never held any particular allure for me. You know the kind I mean, the ones about faked moon landings, undersea ufo bases, and the machinations of the Illuminati
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Ugly American
I’ll let the oleaginous Republican Senator Ted Cruz stand in for the rest of his ilk: NEW VIDEO: “Ted Cruz’s Top 10 Tips on Being a Hooker for the NRA” pic.twitter.com/dYXBj2kisj — Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 16, 2018 Recommend this Post
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