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Autocracy.  A Plausible Alternative.   The January 6 Capitol insurrection was a blunt force wake-up call for those who believe in the notion of functioning democratic governance. It wasn’t the first or will it be the last time we’ll witness forceful condemnation of a...

Political Comity At a time when George Washington’s “Farewell” declaration to “Friends and Citizens” in 1796 is being realized 226 years later…his prescient forewarning that hyper-partisanship was self-destructive and will cause “unprincipled men” to “subvert the...

Suicide By Naïveté Open societies, like America, have a compelling intellectual appeal, but it’s framed in assumptions that are naive and potentially self-destructive. America is slow walking through time wearing a suicide vest that will, at some point, detonate....

  Political Comity At a time when George Washington’s “Farewell” declaration to “Friends and Citizens” in 1796 is being realized 226 years later…his prescient forewarning that hyper-partisanship was self-destructive and will cause “unprincipled men” to “subvert the...

Political Asthma. I moved to Alabama recently after spending the last decade living in Tennessee and Arkansas. I suffer from political asthma and my latest move only aggravates my preexisting condition. I can’t be in a place where I have to share the same air as...

2nd Amendment: A Perspective. Judges who identify as “Originalists” dominate the Supreme Court today.  They believe the constitution must be interpreted based on the framers original understanding “at the time it was adopted.”  Scalia was the most vociferous jurist...

Vote For Civility. Seeking political office is a big decision and, historically, appealed to a slate of exceptional candidates; above average in their intellectual, professional and cultural success. All that’s changed. In the past six years, half the voting public...