Reflections on Post-Disaster Community

Disasters Really Do Bring Out the Best and the Worst in Us Sometimes We Manage To Leave Politics Behind Last year the area around which I live was hit hard by Tropical Storm Helene – the recovery is still underway, with over 100 people killed and billions of dollars in …

Well, At Least The Path Forward Is Clear

The Speed In Which Trump’s Awful Legislation Passed Speaks Volumes What the Public Thinks About All This Some really interesting data points on all this. Reliable polls show that people who have any information at all on the legislation hate it, by 2 -1 margin. But it also shows that …

Six Short Topics For Today

Elections Have Consequences Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid The proposed Trump budget essentially guts Medicaid and dumps the resulting deficit of funding onto the states. If you think Social Security and Medicare are not next, I have a bridge I would like to sell you. This is simply the start …

Immigration – Not Really All That Complex

The Question is Who Wants to Not Solve It Well, OK, There Is Some Complexity I don’t want to be too flippant on this important topic. There are complications throughout this issue, and uncounted groups and organizations involved. Most of our laws and procedures are out of date by decades …

Happy Birthday?

A Soldier’s Perspective on Where We Are Now June 14 Has Come and Gone Well, a day I celebrate yearly has come and gone this year with not much of a celebration. Regular readers will have guessed by now that I am referring to the US Army’s birthday, which …

The Daily Dozen

Questions That Demand Real Answers, Every Day Developing a National Dialogue, Focusing on Priorities for Action This Administration loves to fill the public space and airwaves with claims of great progress and charges of malfeasance and waste on the part of others. Such pronouncements should be challenged, specifically and personally …