Tag: politics
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The Odd Couple: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
“FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING AMERICA” by Linda Goudsmit, ©2020, blogging at Pundicity (Oct. 27, 2020) — We all know couples whose attraction to each other is confounding. We wonder, what do they see in each other? How do they find each other attractive? Often, marriage is a business arrangement. So it is in politics. Presidents and vice-presidents…
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Geopolitics: How Maps Help Us Understand History, Predict the Future, and Go Beyond Politics
“THE STATE’S IMPERATIVES” by Ammo.com, CC by 4.0 International (Sep. 8, 2020) — “It is not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.” — Henry Kissinger American students are notoriously bad at geography, and have been for some time. In 2002, for instance – the…
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Of Führers and Political Pestilence
“IT IS THAT SERIOUS” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Mar. 23, 2020) — Well, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, as well as all cats and dogs reading this: our nation has moved into a new era, the “Era of the Wuhan/COVID-19 Pestilence.” Make no mistake, this epoch will be different from any other period in…
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It’s the Money, Honey (RR)
“AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR NATION” by OPOVV, ©2019 (Oct. 18, 2019) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place where you’re sure to hear the truth in plain language. Hello, I’m Mr. Roving (RR) and will be your host for this episode of ‘Pulse,’ where we’re…
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How to Formulate Your Political Beliefs While Studying in College
“BE OPEN-MINDED” by Contributor (Jul. 22, 2019) — Being in college means a lot to you as this is a place where most people figure out their future. When you’re up to date with the politics of today, it can help you get a better understanding of how to live your life. What’s more, it…
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Love Politics? Here’s How to Get Started on Your Career
“BUILDING YOUR PORTFOLIO” by Contributor (Jul. 10, 2019) — Are you interested in politics, but have no idea how to get your career started? If you have a genuine interest in influencing policy processes, then this is a good article for you. One of the most challenging careers to get started on and which requires…
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Multi-Party Democracy: Why it is a Good System of Government
“AS MANY CHOICES AS POSSIBLE” by Contributor (Jul. 4, 2019) — Politics is defined as the various activities that are related to the governance of an area such as a country or state. Most countries worldwide, except a few, have successfully implemented a political system known as the multi-party democracy. This system is supportive and…
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A Simple Solution to Solve Legislative Gridlock
REMOVE SOME OF THE POWERS THAT NATIONALLY UNELECTED POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS NOW HAVE by John Droz, Jr., ©2019 (Feb. 14, 2019) — Which citizens voted to give Nancy Pelosi the power to shut down our government? None. And yet there she is, able to close down numerous government services, with just the power of her…
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The Post & Email Interviews Atty. Mario Apuzzo on the 14th Amendment, Part 2
“THERE’S NEVER A FINAL WORD” by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 28, 2018) — On Monday, The Post & Email published Part 1 of an interview with New Jersey attorney Mario Apuzzo focusing on the ongoing debate about the meaning of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship provision. Apuzzo has taken on complex citizenship cases in his decades-long career…
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How Gun Owners are Especially Susceptible to Politics
“OPPOSING PERCEPTIONS” by Jay Chambers, ©2018 (Aug. 23, 2018) — Some years ago, politics didn’t have much to do with guns and the regulations that gun owners had to respect. Everything was simple and easy – if you had a gun, you had to know how and when to use it, and also not to…
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Trump Threw A Stick of Dynamite Into The Establishment
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2018, President, NARLO (Jul. 19, 2018) — “One of the remarkable things about Donald Trump is that he didn’t just beat the Progressive establishment – he also beat the Conservative establishment. Two political tribes that have dominated Washington for half a century were defeated in the…
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Political Intermarriage and the Birth of the New Democrat Party
“A COMPLETE FAILURE” by Linda Goudsmit, ©2018, blogging at Pundicity (Jul. 12, 2018) — Intermarriage is not always a matter of race or religion – sometimes it is a matter of politics. In 2008 Barack Hussein Obama officiated at the wedding of the Democrat party and Socialism. In this case the bride and groom came…
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America Is Doing Great. Not To Worry
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2018, President, NARLO (Apr. 1, 2018) — Life is good in America. The economy is humming along at a brisk pace. Millions of Americans have jobs, money in their pockets and in their bank accounts. People live in nice homes, drive expensive cars and take enjoyable…
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“I’m Really Trying to Understand”
ARE TRUMP’S OPPONENTS LOOKING AT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS FAIRLY? by John Porter, ©2018 (Jan. 18, 2018) — I am honestly and earnestly trying to understand what President Trump has done or is doing that has my fellow American citizens of the Democrat Party Leadership, and some in the Republican Party Leadership, and management and employees of…
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The Unstoppable Trump Train
DELIVERING ON HIS PROMISES, DECIMATING THE OPPOSITION by Joan Swirsky, ©2017 (Aug. 14, 2017) — Hard to know which body is held in lower esteem, the Congress or the media. But for a long time the media thought they were invincible, based largely on their success after forming the JournOlist in 2007––a cabal of 400…
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Have the White House Press Briefings Stopped?
TRUMP MAY HAVE “TRUMPED” THE MEDIA by Sharon Rondeau (May 17, 2017) — On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held a private “press gaggle” for reporters as opposed to the customary on-camera daily press briefing. On Wednesday, a transcript of Tuesday’s briefing was available at a link contained in the Trump White House’s…
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What Happened to the Simple Solutions?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2017 (Mar. 26, 2017) — Each week we share lunch with a highly experienced, wise, knowledgeable businessman in his seventies and we talk about the issues that many informed Americans talk about. He reads our articles every week and we discuss the articles as…
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The Hidden Agendas of Sustainability Illusions
ABSURD, IMPRACTICAL SUSTAINABILITY PRECEPTS ARE ACTUALLY A PRESCRIPTION FOR GOVERNMENT CONTROL by Paul Driessen, ©2017 (Feb. 5, 2017) — As President Trump downgrades the relevance of Obama era climate change and anti-fossil fuel policies, many environmentalists are directing attention to “sustainable development.” Like “dangerous manmade climate change,” sustainability reflects poor understanding of basic energy, economic,…
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The Spiral of Silence Grows Broader as Leading Politicians Restrict News Access
POLITICAL DISCOURSE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED “CONTROVERSIAL” by Contributor (Jan. 27, 2017) — In polite conversation, politics is hardly a proper topic. Like other taboo subjects – including religion and money – politics is too controversial as well as relatively dense, and it makes most people uncomfortable to discuss political opinions. Therefore, in everyday life,…
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WikiLeaks Founder: U.S. Intelligence Community’s Report on Alleged Russian Hacking Political, “Sneaky”
ALSO CLAIMS OBAMA REGIME ENGAGED IN “DESTRUCTION OF HISTORICAL RECORDS” by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 9, 2017) — Following a live press conference on periscope.tv earlier on Monday by the open-government organization WikiLeaks, the full audio is available in which founder Julian Assange presented his analysis of the report released on Friday by the U.S. intelligence…