Aug 11Sailing in the Open Sea: Our DemocracyA tale of where we are today as a country and as a democracy: We are aboard a sailing ship having left a safe harbor years ago on a voyage to a yet undiscovered renewed democratic harbor. Yes, the old lands were known to us but the imperfections of our…3 min read3 min read
May 29Seven Elements in Common between the Culture War in America and the War in UkraineI know comparing the culture war in America and the war in Ukraine will likely cause some people to say I either have lost my mind or that I am part of the “deep state” or some “international cabal”. …3 min read3 min read
Jan 23Arizona Senate Race: More Faulty Assumptions to DispelA big lesson from last year’s midterm election was that assumptions based on a limited view of data and history made for some very wrong prognostications. …4 min read4 min read
Nov 22, 2022Without Bias: An Election We all Could see ComingKnowing history is incredibly important to understand ourselves and to see what we need to fix and what has worked and what has failed. Too often there is a segment of our society that doesn’t want to discuss our history whether it be racism, how we treated Native Americans, women…4 min read4 min read
Aug 30, 2022Democracy Watch: Top Ten Candidates who Threaten our Democracy (update)We are now in the last 70 days of the most consequential election in my life and possibly the last 150 years, so I am updating the ranking of the candidates most dangerous to our constitutional democracy. Throughout this year, the GOP has nominated a plethora of election denying, crazy…5 min read5 min read
Aug 10, 2022Democracy Watch: Top Ten Candidates who threaten our DemocracyAs we enter the last 90 days of the most consequential election in my life and possibly the last 150 years, it is time to do a ranking of the candidates most dangerous to our constitutional democracy. Throughout this year, the GOP has nominated a plethora of election denying, crazy…5 min read5 min read
Jun 13, 2022America needs Truth and Accountability First, Before ReconciliationNearly forty years ago, in 1973 as a 12 year old, I became fascinated by the Watergate hearings. On a family vacation that summer in Northern Michigan I couldn’t keep my eyes off those hearings and watched each day as my siblings played in Lake Michigan. It was from that…5 min read5 min read
Apr 25, 2022The Michigan Mitten Points the Way: Democracy or AutocracySometimes in the journey of history and political change, certain moments and places are a microcosm of a larger story and unfolding. Michigan is one of those today. It has become the frontline in the battle between democracy and autocracy, between truth and lies, and between love and hate. This…4 min read4 min read
Feb 4, 2022The Rooney Rule and Our DemocracyIn the last 72 hours we have heard tons of discussion about the “Rooney Rule” in relation to former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores and his historic lawsuit filed on the first day of Black History Month. …4 min read4 min read
Jan 26, 2022Let us Long for the Future, Not the Past“The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. …4 min read4 min read
