The Unites States of America Won: The Confederates Lost – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. – So it appears we will end this trip about where we started it, talking about the damn Civil War, one more freaking time. Historians say history runs in cycles and often repeats itself. I…
By Alan Minsky – This is madness. Fully predictable madness. One archetype of the American experience is now realized. We’ve always had our carnival hucksters and itinerant preachers and snake oil thieves. P.T. Barnum put on a good show. All sought wealth and power. But never before has one risen so high as Donald J.…
EDITORS NOTE – We thought it might be interesting and informative to compare the Democratic Party and Republican Party platforms for 2016. Check out the preamble to the Republican Party platform. It reads like an editorial statement of the party’s positions on issues. The link to the full platform as a PDF file is posted…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – The first night of the Republican convention in Cleveland was hard to watch. I flipped around some on broadcast TeeVee to see what was going on, and the poor news casters were having a hard time keeping a straight face and reporting the news with fairness and…
