America

OK, this seems to be going pretty well. — You may have seen some new polling and research from The Wall Street Journal on America becoming less patriotic, which is tied somewhat to some 2019 Gallup polling (in the “Before Times”) about American happiness, and also dovetails with some recent CDC research about teenage depression and how, supposedly, being…

Nashville on my mind.. Another mass shooting with three children killed. This time it was in Nashville, Tennessee. As expected, politicians of all stripes have come out to condemn the killings stating that their thoughts and prayers are with the family of the victims. And life goes on until the…

Not just any country — In this other country, the grass is always greener. And in this country, I would be happier, and I know everyone would be happier. And when I arrive, there will be a feeling of joy most people have not tasted in a while. I‘m moving to a country where people…

Hypocrisy of Republicans ignoring the majority of American’s outrage over yet another mass shooting in schools — The latest mass school shooting, this one in Nashville, Tennessee evoked the predictable hypocritical Republican response to gun violence in America. It is always the same. They spout the usual rhetoric. Now is not the time to reform gun laws in America. Don’t blame the obscene amount of guns on…

Are we making progress? — It was only three little kids this time — the 90th school shooting of 2023. The gunned-up right is simply gushing at how well the Nashville police responded to the shooting. The bodycam video shows professional, brave policemen doing a textbook job. Bravo to them, indeed. I mean this. The…

…Kennedy’s Last Laugh — A Counterinsurgency Against the American People. Every American Counterinsurgency operation has failed. From Vietnam to Iraq to Afghanistan to Somalia. You name it, and it has failed — spectacularly. To start with, Washington is at war with anything and everything. …