27. October 2016

What is the cause of the extreme divisiveness in American society? New York Times columnist, David Brooks, in his October 21, 2016 column “Repairing Moral Capital” (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/21/opinion/how-to-repair-moral-capital.html) has a good explanation. It is the lack of shared habits, norms, institutions and values, that make common life possible. I would describe that characterization as generally accurate but would substitute the conflict between “private citizens” and...

27. October 2016

Many voters have no trust in the election nor in their government. Why should they? They have been dominated by a political-economic elite for generations. They know the system is rigged. They have been promised “Change!” for nearly forever. The “change” they has received has been in the form of lost jobs, homes, pensions, medical insurance, and trust in nearly every one of their authority institutions. While they are sick of things and are fighting back, the only legal and practical...