As the recent election cycle demonstrated, American politics is beset with a number of polarizing issues. Among the most obvious has been the debate over coal.Where Hillary Clinton favored renewable energy at the expense of the coal industry, Donald Trump has promised to launch a coal ...
Now comes the hard part for President Trump: governing.The swamp is filled with avaricious alligators, and it won鈥檛 be easily drained. The top congressional posts will still be controlled by the loyal lieutenants of the Washington cartel who got us into our present quagmire, including Speaker ...
There is an old Chinese curse which goes as follows, "may you get everything that you desire''When the tea party regulars eschewed logic and nominated and then elected "the Donald" they fell into the domain of this curse. A billionaire who champions the common man, a trice married man who ...
I keep reading that Donald Trump is now leading in the popular vote.He isn鈥檛.He never has led.According to some legitimate vote-counters, Hillary Clinton may end up with as many as two million more votes than Trump.Yet, one fake news web site claims that, 鈥淔INAL ELECTION 2016 NUMBERS: TRUMP ...
Native American Indians of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota are protesting and trying to stop an oil pipeline from crossing their lands, destroying their native burial grounds, and polluting the Missouri River that supplies water that is vital to the tribe and communities below.Mr. ...
In the evening of Nov. 8 while watching the election results for president of the United States, something rose up within me and caused me to be embarrassed; embarrassed at being an American in our long-standing democracy.This feeling became less intense as the days go by, but it will always be ...