“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Part II: Case Studies — Donald Trump and George Wallace – “He who does not oppose evil, commands it to be done,” the great artist Leonardo Da Vinci once said. By…
Part II: How Existential Anxiety Leads to Authoritarianism – Case Studies: Donald Trump and George Wallace By Glynn Wilson – Introduction Donald Trump has fired all the scientists in the White House. He’s made working conditions in the federal agencies so intolerable that many smart, educated people have simply quit. That seems to be by…
“The necessaries of life for man in this climate may, accurately enough, be distributed under the several heads of Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Fuel; for not till we have secured these are we prepared to entertain the true problems of life with freedom and a prospect of success.” – Henry David Thoreau, Walden The Big…
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Says He’s Perplexed, Appalled By Trump and Attorney General William Barr – By Glynn Wilson – Donald J. Trump is far from the first American president to manipulate the justice system for partisan political purposes. But like everything else Trump does, his abuses of power are just far bigger and…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Driving into the Alabama capital city always feels like a nostalgia trip. It’s impossible to drive down the exit ramp off I-65 on Herron Street, make my way over to Dexter Avenue and head up the hill to the old capitol without having a…
By Glynn Wilson – The Republicans in the United States Senate showed just how partisan Washington has become on Wednesday by voting along strict party lines to acquit President Donald J. Trump of two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, even though a number of Republicans had admitted publicly that Trump…
By Glynn Wilson – U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Alabama, will vote for the conviction of President Donald J. Trump in the Senate impeachment trial and in favor of his removal from office, even though most pundits still say the Republicans have the votes to acquit the president. It would take 67 votes…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – While we wait for the delayed results of the Iowa Caucuses, what the National Affairs Desk of Rolling Stone magazine is calling Dempocalypse Now — and the election reporting glitch caused the New York Times to shut down it’s election results system on the web — the…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Reacts to the Dershowitz Argument – By Glynn Wilson – In a press conference call with reporters on Thursday morning before the U.S. Senate was to go back into session to continue the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, Senator Doug Jones of Alabama hinted that the odds…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â It’s hard to know what the Chinese astrologers were thinking when they came up with the Chinese zodiac, but sometimes their system creates opportunities for word games that also tend to possess political and/or social insight. Take 2020, for example, the Year of the Rat. The Rat…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – House prosecutors made their closing arguments in the impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump on Friday, with lead House manager and Congressman Adam Schiff of California taking to the podium in the Senate at the end of the night to make an impassioned appeal for Senators to…
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Says House Managers Are Making A Compelling Case – By Glynn Wilson – The House legal team prosecuting President Donald J. Trump in the Senate impeachment trial seemed to hit its stride somewhere between the half way point of day two and into day three. They must have gotten the…
ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – The power of fear and a social media program named after a bird call cowed a majority in the United States Senate on Tuesday to bow down to the wishes of a corrupt dictator who has taken over the once great democratic republic of America, a new kind of…
By Glynn Wilson – The National Park Service will host special events and provide free entrance to all national parks this year in honor of the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 20. The Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. is an official day of service in remembrance of the man whose…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Urges Senators to Take the ‘Impartial Justice’ Oath Seriously – By Glynn Wilson – As United States Senators are preparing to take a special oath to remain impartial and impart justice in the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump, more information is coming to light on almost an…
By Glynn Wilson – A group of 15 attorneys general in states across the country filed a lawsuit this week to stop the Trump administration from eliminating food stamp assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans. The lawsuit challenges a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule that would limit states’ ability to extend benefits from the…
Yes, the global warming is caused by human activities – By Glynn Wilson – The science is in. Yes, planet Earth is still growing hotter, and 2019 was the second hottest year since records have been kept beginning in 1880. And yes, the global warming is caused by humans burning fossil fuels for energy. There…
Sure, if it’s the right woman. But here in Dixie Alley, the frogs think it’s spring already – “The past is not dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun, 1951 The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – CONECUH NATIONAL FOREST – In a glance at the trending news on…
By Glynn Wilson – While the Trump administration continues to do the bidding of fossil fuel companies by proposing to gut the National Environmental Policy Act, with little fanfare and in bipartisan fashion the United States Senate unanimously passed a package of bills this week called America’s Conservation Enhancement Act (ACE) to expand federal funding…
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Calls for Deescalation on Iran and a ‘Fair and Complete’ Impeachment Trial Showing the American People the Full Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It’s time to take down those Christmas decorations and for Congress to get back to work in Washington, and there’s significant work to be done. It…
