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National Guard Deployment and the “Stops”

I subscribe to “Letters from an American.” Every once and awhile I feature a “Letters” commentary on Angry Bear so as to inform what Prof. Cox is seeing in America today. There are some important notes discussed in this commentary such as deployment of the National Guard and the use of the “Kavanaugh Stops” The […]

Ethics in Law and Medicine

Talking about ethical behavior amongst professionals in Government. What binds attorneys and doctors to act in a professional manner even if a political appointee? In this case Robert Reich is asking about Lindsey Halligan and Dr. Vinay Prasad. A pretty good question to ask if you are an ordinary citizen with little power. “Ethics Shmethics” […]

Ending the Vicious Cycle of Non-Governing

By changing the mindset of governing – by Jeff Dauphin “We the People” know our government is not working. For decades, Americans have said they want leaders who work together, confront problems honestly, and make decisions that push the country forward. Yet the officials we send to Washington keep repeating the same self-defeating patterns—polarization, gridlock, […]

Why vote?

Ever since I started voting, I’ve voted in either red states or blue states. I’ve never missed an election. But why bother voting, since I’m outnumbered? Well, for one thing, millions of people have fought and died for the right to vote. I honor their memory by exercising my franchise. Beyond that sentimental reason, though, […]

Sensible Gun Control

It’s the guns. One of the many red herrings tossed out by the anti-vaxxers is that people who got the COVID jab still got COVID. That’s true. I’m one of them. But the promise of the COVID vaccine was never that it would keep you from getting infected. It was that the vaccine would likely […]

Children Without Legal Representation

If you wish to know what takes place when people of Mexico face a judge to determine their fate? Here is a partial story of Lucy and a few children facing and immigration judge in Tucson, AZ. These children do not have legal representation as funding was cut by Tru_p and his administration. This story […]

Roberts and The Court Grants Immunity to the Pres . . .

It is as if we have reversed course to the medieval times where kings were exactly such and their rule of order was final. John of England sold justice, sold offices, and generally acted arbitrarily, defying feudal customs and laws. In 1215, a powerful group of barons renounced their allegiance, seized London, and confronted King […]

Presidential Enrichment

Two other presidents have involved themselves in outside interests and or enriching themselves. I thought there would be more. Neither appear to be so serious today as to what they may been thought during either Johnson’s presidency. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington writes “The intensifying threat of Donald Trump’s emoluments.” Tru_p pretty much […]

Nine or Ten shot at Brown University

How the world looks at what happens in the United States. Fast reporting on US events and tragedies. We are faced with a tragedy at a university, Mass shooting happens so many times that even foreign news picks it up quickly. “Gunman kills two, wounds nine at US university,” Bangkok Post, 11:45 PM AZ time […]