Labor Day weekend is over, and the Election 2016 countdown is going into overdrive. We’re all going to work hard for our chosen candidates of course, but is there any realistic hope that after November 8 our national political life will move beyond the bitter, paralyzed disagreement we have now? Today the scene looks nothing […]
U.S.A. 2019: Rebirth?
This update of a piece originally titled “U.S.A. 2016, Death Spiral or Rebirth?” seems like a good one to review as we move into 2019 with a newly Democratic House, as Democrats all over the country take their seats, from legislatures to governors’ mansions. These days in the U.S. are, as my old friend Tom […]