27. October 2016

Except for those millions of Americans who are so sickened and disillusioned with the present political system, nearly everyone else is paying literal attention to the 2016 electoral process, voting projections, party alignments, and the antics of Mr. Trump. Many of these people believe that their lives will change for the better if one or the other of the major party candidates wins. Ha! Sadly, all this literalness towards this election and our 18th-Century governance principles and...

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...

01. October 2016

Nearly every sentient human being has been exposed to the quirks, defects, limitations, and ugly personality traits of Donald Trump. By all reasonable measures he is one of the most unfit persons in the world to be elected president of the world's greatest nation. Nevertheless, he is supported by millions of Americans and has a good chance to be elected. This concept sounds as crazy as anything but only because most people are acting and thinking on a literal level. They can't understand how...