politics – Page 5

On Modern Day Hero Worship or How Did We Come to This?

I was watching a film clip of A Streetcar Named Desire that featured Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski, Tennessee

07 Sep

It’s an all too familiar trope: Politicians lining their own pockets at the expense of the people they’re supposed to serve.

11 Aug

Historian Dr. Hannah Barker calls it “generational chauvinism”. Essentially, it is the notion that what we see as a moral

30 Jul

There is a movement nationwide to de-track students. For those who are unaware, traditional education involved “tracking”;

24 Jul

3000-4000 regulations passed per year. 300,000 laws on the federal books with some additional

09 Jul

I get a daily notification or summary from the NY Times wherein they send me a featured article of the day. This day, a

30 Jun

Ok…I get it…I really do. There have been some Supreme Court decisions this week that have riled some and made others happy. I

26 Jun

Historians like to point to the 20th century as the age of authoritarianism, characterized by the rise of Fascism as well as

22 Jun

There is a specific problem with our Republic (for the umpteenth time – we are NOT a democracy), and that is

07 Jun

Remember when you were in high school all those years ago? For me it was decades—longer than I’d like to remember, but just

29 May