It took me a little while to understand that I was doing it wrong. I didn’t come to the conclusion on my own. I had others with more skin in the game […]
Rare Honesty in Politics
The Breakdown of Social Trusting
An American political framework might look like this: One faction advocating that those with agency over others must recognize their responsibility and act in good faith, sustainably so, and make decisions that […]
Thoughts on John Brennan
When one takes the time to unpack pulling former CIA director John Brennan’s security clearance, it’s pretty troubling. Being granted a security clearance, through process, doesn’t give one access to classified information. […]
Ocasio-Cortez v Shapiro
Conservative writer/commentator Ben Shapiro has challenged Democratic nominee for New York’s 14th Congressional district Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to a debate. Ocasio-Cortez refers to herself as a Democratic Socialist. She has no previous experience […]
In Comparison: Presidents G.W. Bush and Trump
Yesterday, while recording the latest episode of the podcast Exit 38 with Emily Van Duyne, link, the discussion turned quickly to a comparative analysis of Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump. The […]
About that Trump/Putin Press Conference
Yesterday, President Trump publicly declared that he’s taken Vladimir Putin’s word over the word of the American intelligence community and the Justice Department on the matter of whether or not Russia attempted […]
Thoughts on the Helsinki Summit
Political opinions, like most opinions, aren’t sound evaluations of puts and takes on any given societal issue. They’re personal preferences that require some form of matching to an ideal. Psychologists Amos Tversky […]
Minimum Viable Trust
“I think we should look to countries like Denmark, like Sweden and Norway, and learn what they have accomplished for their working people” That’s a quote from Bernie Sanders from an October […]
Observations for 2020
The immediate polarization of the Trump phenomenon pushed Americans into two camps: core Trump supporters and everyone else. The latter traversed both parties and swept many sidelined centrists into a common bond […]
Don’t Tread On Me
From the beginning, we Americans really haven’t been much for keeping things civil when someone tells us something we don’t like. It’s kind of our brand.
