Thanksgiving is one of America’s few meaningful holidays in a nation that has been blessed with incredible natural resources and even more incredible good luck at key points in our history. But our greatest resource is one we have built for ourselves: America’s strong social cohesion. Our ability to stand together has carried us through …
Why the turkey is not our national bird, and why America belongs to us Read More »
Summary: When Americans have learned the lesson shown in these cartoons, we will have taken a first step to reform — and becoming a great nation again (and not just a powerful one). Below the fold are links to posts about the methods and tactics of reform.
Summary:Â Today’s post gives a different perspective on the challenge of reforming America. Before we can fix our political machinery we must understand what’s wrong. This post gives a possible explanation. This blasted itself out of my keyboard late last night. After it went up I divided it into 2 smaller and more focused posts. …
We’re strong and adaptable, but have a problem that might sink America. Read More »
Summary:Â We conclude our examination of the hit TV show “Castle” by adding up what we’ve learned from it about America. Perhaps we have become alienated from 21st C America because we no longer see ourselves as part of it. Hence our unwillingness to defend it. Today we discuss the consequences of that alienation. It’s …
The bitter fruits of our alienation from America Read More »
Summary: Strong social cohesion distinguishes successful from failed States, and has long been a strength of America. A side effect of the 1%’s successful programs to build a New America on the ruins of the America-that-Once-Was is erosion of our social cohesion. From that, should it continue, we can expect bitter fruit. Today we look …
Learning not to trust each other in America, and not to trust America Read More »
