Category Archives: US Political Conflict

All postings that relate to current Economic Crisis and the OWS movement

Alternative to Face Masks

There is of course a good alternative, what might be called the City of Bolton, England or Trump alternative to wearing a face mask:

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The Weakness of the Opposition to Great Evil

“What sort of political party can’t electorally annihilate a GOP that has managed to kill 200,000 Americans through criminal incompetence and worse; and threatens to take health insurance from 21 million during a Pandemic? A party that can’t weaponize this … Continue reading

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Class Conflict

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“Caste: The Lies That Divide Us” Isabel Wilkerson: Review

I am reading Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste: The Lies that Divide Us.” It is a well written, well constructed, amazing work of scholarship that lays bare the fundamental caste basis of America since the beginning. It becomes way easier to … Continue reading

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Sheep’s Worst Fears

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Fooling Some of the People All of the Time

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Anti Racism: What Works

To be honest having worked on major anti-racism programs in my old Ford manufacturing plants, I think searching our psyches for signs of racial bias is a complete waste of time at the large scale level. Fine for the individual … Continue reading

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Political Realism: Handmaiden’s Tale

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On Dealing with Political Dilemmas: 2042 and All That

Nixon won in 1968 and 1972 via the so called Southern Strategy to peel off Southern Democrats to vote GOP. Lyndon Johnson had rightly forecast that the Civil Rights movement would do this; and only Jimmy Carter has won a … Continue reading

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Amazing Prescience from Carl Sagan (1934-1996)

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