A Curious Recommendation
In the September 9 Albuquerque Journal, a note on the editorial page suggests that the Heritage Foundation is a more credible source of information on the issue of voter fraud than is the publication Bloomberg Government. A reader had complained in a letter to the editor about Journal columnist Diane Diamond’s recent claims that “Thousands…
Read MoreTrump the Demagogue
Stop worrying about how unlikely it is that so many could believe in Donald Trump. The fact is they were taken in by a type of politician that has been around since ancient Athens. They’re called “demagogues”. Consider this description of a demagogue by historian Reinhard Luthin: “What is a demagogue? He is a politician…
Read MoreEvangelical Support For Trump
Many have wondered how Evangelical Christians could side with a President who displays little evidence that he embraces gospel values nor is even much of a conservative. According to a recent book, Unholy, Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trump, President Trump has simply manipulated the Christian Right leadership into supporting him…
Read MoreThe President’s Pick
If the person nominated by President Trump to fill the Ginsburg vacancy on the Supreme Court is confirmed, that person may well help decide one or more of the various cases involving the criminal and civil liability of the President and his business enterprises that may come before the Supreme Court. This raises interesting questions:…
Read MoreMail-In Voting Will Destroy America??
So claims President Trump, who even wants to postpone the election in the hope there would be no mail-in voting. His sidekick AG Bill Barr and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell back him up. Golly, if you can’t trust these great Americans, who can you trust?Of course, it’s true that their claims about mail-in voting are…
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