Category National Politics
Book Review: A surprisingly revealing book about Woodrow Wilson from a Conservative titan
Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated for a return to the White House in eleven days. Trump, who has never won a majority of the popular vote (yes, he won a plurality in 2024) joins Bill Clinton and Woodrow Wilson as two US Presidents with that “honor” if you will. Ironically enough, a masterful biography […]
Civil War: Garland’s gamble
It’s most powerful when there is no live sound or it goes completely silent. In the opening scene a suicide bomber runs into a crowd and detonates. It’s not surprising, as our main character is a war correspondent. What is jarring is that the suicide bomber is American and is running into a crowd of […]
Democrats loss of class consciousness giving authoritarians free reign
Tonight Donald Trump will be nominated for a third time by the GOP. And unlike the last two runs for President he is consolidating large portions of both the white working class and minority voters who aren’t wealthy behind him. The party of the New Deal, today’s Democrats sound more like Herbert Hoover than FDR. […]
What can Democrats learn from the UK election?
As a keen observer of UK politics (In the last decade I probably have followed British politics MUCH closer on a week-to-week basis than US (non-Florida) politics which as this site indicates I’m largely checked out of thanks to multiple factors) I’ve been in a deep mode of concentration the last few weeks. Because historically […]
Deep Fake: When Seeing is Not Believing
Deep fake images have already been created and distributed showing Donald Trump getting arrested. These images are not real and the event did not happen. These images are synthetic yet it appears Trump got arrested. This, mind you, was made to show how far the technology has gone. It was done intentionally by someone who […]
The convergence between far left and right is becoming downright scary
Recently, I have mused about how opinion leaders on the left like Matt Taibbi and Glenn Greenwald sound more like MAGA right-wingers in their criticisms of the Biden Administration, championing of “free speech,” pushing back on the Me Too movement, attacking vaccines, and cheering on of Russia more than traditional leftists. Additionally, some of the […]
Looking across the Georgia-Florida line from Fort Clinch
The Cumberland Islands National Seashore is visible from Fort Clinch.
LBJ knew how to build a majority party – today’s Democrats do not
In 1937 LBJ climbed on the flatbed of an old broken down Ford TT Truck in the hill country of Texas. The Incumbent congressman had just died and Johnson was desperate to fill the seat. “What do you want to talk to us about Lyndon,” an old dirt farmer asked. Johnson pointed to the power lines […]
The Florida Squeeze 