Tag: Government
Jan. 24, 2020
The U.S. senate fiddles while the planet burns
Donald Trump’s impeachment trial now begins, with a travesty cast of lawyers including Kenneth Starr, whose conduct during the Clinton impeachment led to the abolition…

Jan. 17, 2020
Voting is Accessible to All, Just Not Equally
Young people across this nation are standing up for many different causes with sizeable rallies and protests that are truly commendable. Hundreds of students gathering…

Jan. 17, 2020
A blood-soaked tale 40 years in the making
There are two rules of the road for any president: Don’t crash the economy, and don’t start a war. If Donald Trump needed any reminder…

Jan. 10, 2020
Working to change the rules of war
In July of 2012, amid the dry heat of southern Afghanistan, first Lt. Clint Lorance ordered his soldiers to fire on three unarmed Afghan motorcyclists,…
Jan. 10, 2020
Party Faction and the Politics of Impeachment
A party is a political grouping that supports the interests of one or more constituencies on behalf of what is believed to be the public…

Nov. 22, 2019
The ever imploding Presidency of Donald Trump
Donald Trump has been telling us about the “Deep State” for the past three years. It’s not a new idea. The Deep State, some say,…

Nov. 8, 2019
The Bases the two-party system and the 2020 election
It’s still really 2016. We had an election that year that produced an unprecedented event: We elected a demagogue. We’re still stuck with him, and…

Nov. 1, 2019
President Trump’s handling of the Kurds portrays the U.S. as an unfaithful ally.
In early October, the Trump administration declared that they would be withdrawing troops from Northern Syria, all while chaos engulfed the region and Turkey launched…
Oct. 18, 2019
The Ukranian double-edged sword: how we got here
Donald Trump is going to be impeached. It is as certain as the sunrise now. Only three months ago, though, the odds on it were…

Oct. 11, 2019
Impeachment is the worst-case scenario
I can remember the restless election night in 2016 when I learned, at The Triangle offices, that Donald Trump would become the 45th president of…
