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I’m old, but the machinery between my ears seems to be running well. I have a deep interest in seeing our democracy as I have known it survive the uninformed, thoughtless impulsivity of the White House’s current occupants. There is reason for hope. My son is thirty and my daughter is twenty-two. Their kindness andContinue reading “About Me”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/12/19/democratic-race-has-shifted-toward-realists/ Remind me—just exactly how are these practical, reasonable moderates going to achieve their poorly defined goals—the thing that defeated Hillary Clinton. The relative distance to “reasonable” has been reset by Ronald Reagan, Bush 1, Bush 2, Steve Mnuchin (I mean Donald Trump)—always to the gross disadvantage of the struggling lower class and middle class.Continue reading “My Thoughts on the Last Democratic Debate and how a Moderate-Focus has Failed Us”