A recent trip to Astoria proves what seems to have been clear for a long time. If you walk the streets of Manhattan, most of the shops are closed; if you walk the streets of Astoria, most of the stores are open. It is quite clear that Manhattan has moved to Astoria. Manhattan has become …
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He Who Stands Above the Law
Amazingly enough, in all but two states – Vermont and Maine – a person who has been convicted of a felony cannot vote. This means that in most states of the Union Trump cannot vote, but he can run for the Presidency. Is that not insane? It makes no sense at all. It is just …
Border Control
If Kamala Harris becomes President of the United States, and hopefully she will, one of the first issues she will have to deal with is the border. The probability is that the border should be closed and illegal immigrants should not be afforded housing, food, and health care while veterans and normal citizens are living …
American Greed
The American form of government has made it possible for people to acquire wealth. It is a system of government that has allowed social and economic mobility more than any other country in the world. A larger part of American wealth is based on commerce. America has allowed major companies to acquire a great deal …
A Long Night and a Bitter Fight
Today, political labels don’t matter. Whether a Democrat or Republican, a liberal or a conservative, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is that you must cast your vote and get your friends to cast their votes for Kamala Harris. Whether she turns out to be a great president, a good president, or just a president …
Back Biden Better
Everybody who wants to save this country, anyone who is interested in living in a democracy, anyone who cares about America and how it is viewed by the world, has to support Biden at this time. It doesn’t really matter that Biden is not a good speaker, which he has never been. He is not …
The Powers that be, are the Powers that are
The day that Trump became President of the United States of America was day that he destroyed the Supreme Court as we have known it. He had the benefit of already having Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, two totally unqualified people to inhabit the Supreme Court, let alone to have lifetime job security. He was …
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A Perfect Democracy
In 1920, H.L. Mencken wrote “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and …
Are Women Not Human?
In 1973, Sarah Weddington, a 26 year old lawyer, pled and won the case of Roe V. Wade. Two years ago today, Roe V. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court and has since deprived women of their fundamental rights. It should be her right to decide whether she is healthy enough to carry. Her …
Clamshell Generation
The computer and the telephone have alienated an entire generation. It is impossible to look at America today without wondering what has caused this tremendous division in the country. And what is the division? It seems as though a generation of people have grown up without having any real connection to the society in which …