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DOJ Names Special Counsel: Why Now? Bipartisanship
Today, Attorney General Garland named a special counsel to consider the criminality of former President Trump. This is important for many reasons. It is potentially a substantial step to salvage democracy, hopefully helping shore-up the rule of law. Thank you, AG Garland for this signal of positive intent. Best wishes and God speed to you…
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Fascism Thrives at the Intersection of Wrong and Lost
Nowadays, politicians are either promoting fascism, or allowing it. They do this because they are predominantly wrong and lost, which translates to evil and afraid. So, fascism thrives – for the moment. Today’s fascism play will not stand; it never does. True-true Americans have ‘not yet begun to fight‘. It’s not unlike the Civil War…
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Public Schools Drives the Fate of Democracy
This is an important reminder. We see this obvious direct relationship; this thing where public schools define the fate of democracy. This 4-minute read considers the basic causes and effects of current contentious school administration. It advocates for public schools to be reasserted as a priority in accordance with democratic principles, so democracy can persevere.…
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One of the Few Remaining Childhood Holocaust Survivors
René Lichtman is an activist and artist, currently of Metro Detroit. He is one of the few remaining childhood holocaust survivors. It has literally been a lifetime since Jewish children were hidden away during WWII France. Survivor benefactors, and Community heroes Childhood holocaust survivors are a grand and poignant human-interest story. However, the survivors play…
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Common Folk Surviving on Powerful Resolve and Hope
As world turmoil flares up, so also does positive resolve and hope; they are the natural life-seeking-and-preserving response. These qualities will stay strong, enabling goodness and humanity to prevail. You cannot take away these innocuous human characteristics; they are high powers that flow from individuals; they are personal inalienable decisions. These powers are a cause…
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Lincoln, by Gore Vidal: A Timeless Revealing Master Work
Gore Vidal earns much deserved praise for his historical novels. As an author and intellectual, Vidal weighed in on academia, presidents, and whole portions of the American public. His social stances and the profound historical insights he provided resonate strongly still, none more vibrantly than Lincoln; this book illuminates the period from the 16th president’s…