I 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”. Well, stick with me here for a few moments and let…

A 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. Most of the analysis done in the lead up to the election was based on the idea that history would repeat itself and there…

Knowing 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…

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…

As 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…

Nearly 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…

Sometimes 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…

In 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. Let’s explore that in relation to the assaults on voting rights and…

“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. We must disentrall ourselves, and then we shall save our…