A Socio-Political Blog
We’ve been through a lot lately, haven’t we? Unfortunately, it has all been the inevitable result of having taken our eyes off the community ball for decades. Once we started dismantling the purpose of representative democracy rather than improving it, the functions of government and networks of community support began to unravel. And that’s when mistrust becomes so high that conspiracy theories run rampant and lies appear as plausible as truth. Without a central…
Democrats of River City! Heed this warning before it’s too late! Look for the tell-tale signs of corruption! Corruption with a capital “C” and that rhymes with “T” and it stands for Trump! Donald J Trump has lost the 2020 election and ultimately it will be recorded as one of the most accurately counted in…
I was born into a love for The Beatles through my father’s love for the band. But over the years as I’ve come to refine my taste in music, I can proudly say that my love for this band isn’t just a hand me down from my dad. The beauty of the progression, the timelessness of songs, the…
We are sick. America is sick. Not just fanatical extremists, but all of us. Every nook and cranny of our socio-political universe has been infected with the coronavirus to rationality; an invasion of cells that replicate within our innate decency and suffocate the ability to breathe reason. Strong words? Not strong enough. We have become…
We have a president who calls half of the country “evil.” He calls Democrats evil because they don’t like him. They were predisposed not to vote for him because he isn’t a Democrat, but that should not come as shocking news. Republicans don’t vote for many Democrats, either, right? But this president is brand new…
Let’s be very clear. What President Trump calls for, particularly with respect to our flag and standing during the National Anthem, is not “patriotism” but “nationalism.” Both are concerned with individual relationships towards nations, but nationalism is defined as our interest in the unification of a nation based on cultural and linguistic equanimity. Patriotism is…
There is a subject that holds the attention of our political divide where politicians swivel around its substantive reality: the Right to Choose versus Pro-Life. I will begin by being clear: NO one is pro-abortion. No “Right to Choose” advocate is saying that continuiing an unplanned pregnancy should never be an option. My personal opinion…
Theologian, A H Strong, defined the human will as “the soul’s power to choose between motives and to direct its subsequent activity according to the motive thus chosen.” No better description of service could be written. That reflection strengthens moral purpose; the convergence of ideas and motives reveal what kind of a servant we are.…
Few conditions are less understood than poverty and homelessness. That is not to say that there aren’t myriad organizations and programs designed to reverse poverty and to address the needs of the homeless, but inevitably the conditions persist because of oppositional forces that limit the funding and attention that is needed. This was witnessed in…
It is time to get behind Abby Finkenauer who is defending her Congressional seat in Iowa’s 1st District. The race with her challenger, Ashley Hinson, is closer than it should be as a recent poll only separated them by one percentage point in favor of Finkenauer. I will go on record to say that Ashley…