Category: Politics and Government

Six Topics to Juggle for Today

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War, Respect for Service, Greed, Communications– And Other Cheerful Topics


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Slapstick And Puppeteers On Center Stage

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But Not So Funny This Time

A Well Known Phrase Seems to Fit

Those of a certain age will remember the Comedy team of Laurel and Hardy, a British-US pair that were very popular in the first half of the 20th century. In so many of their skits, they would get into trouble in a way that should have been foreseen. Inevitably, Laurel would turn to Hardy and say, “Well, this is another fine mess you’ve gotten us into.”  Seems like we should all be saying that to Donald Trump – again.

I genuinely cannot recall an Administration,

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Sports, Politics, Media, & Valentines – We Wonder Around A Bit Today

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And an important announcement about this blog.

Sports

Did you watch the Super Bowl this year? Three noteworthy observations seem appropriate to call out.

First, the Half Time entertainment. Naturally, Trumpsters hated it. I thought it was pretty unique and fun to see. A fine reminder of just how diverse America is, and what strength that brings to the nation. I gather the “alternative” Kid Rock show was pretty much a bust. How ironic that they chose just a sleaze ball as their lead act. So much for values based choices.

Second,

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The Economy Is Key for More Than Economics – Part II of II

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Our Look at Economy 101

Concluding Our Two- Part Discussion

As we discussed last week, the economy is about far more than just economics – it affects almost everything in our lives.  With that in mind, last week we went over some important definitions (capitalism, socialism, communism, democratic socialism) so we were clear about pros and cons, possible solutions in our discussions. People tend to throw around words like socialism without much understanding as to what such terms mean. But not us!

So, with some shared definitions in hand and observations of these various systems,

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The Economy Is Key for More Than Economics – Part I of II

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Let’s Do A Bit Of Economics 101

This Is A Two- Part Discussion

Even the basics of what constitutes a “good economy” gets a bit complex and takes more words than are suitable for a format like a blog. So today, Part I, laying out some groundwork and definable terms. Next week, some conclusions on where we might go from here.

Remember Carville’s Famous Phrase? It Is Still True

James Carville was the author of the famous phrase “It’s the economy, stupid” that led to Bill Clinton’s election to the presidency. The phrase is as powerful as ever.

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Ten Short Notes

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A Lot Is Going On. Let’s Keep Track, Even Of The Ones Easy To Miss

Minnesota Leads the Way – But Do Not Be Fooled

The people of Minneapolis and many others who came to support them have done it right; we should all be inspired. But understand this is far, far from over. The Administration took a bit of a bloody nose and is making noises about easing back a bit, but the evidence is pretty thin. There are still thousands of federal forces in Minneapolis (and in lots of other places). Some confrontational methods seem less used,

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Murder in Minneapolis

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Murder, And So Much More

We all would rather talk about anything other than what is going on in Minnesota and elsewhere, but we really do not have that option, do we? This cannot stand and only the citizenry – you and I – can stop it.

As Bad As It Could Be

Renee Nichole Good was shot 3 times and denied medical assistance as she died in the front seat of her car.

Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at the local VA hospital was shot as many as 10 times. When medical personnel arrived,

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The Circus Continues

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Greenland – The Mind Boggles

Of all the things and places someone as distorted as Trump might fixate upon, he decides on Greenland. Really? Greenland? It gets weirder by the day.

A few days ago, Donald Trump announced that the United States (meaning him, Trump, since Congress has so far given away its power to approve tariffs) will impose a 10 percent tariff on goods imported from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland beginning February 1. That tariff will increase to 25 percent on June 1 and will remain in place, according to Trump,

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History Calls

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Will we Answer That Call?

Today’s Blog – A Change in Plans

The plan for today’s blog was to start a conversation on the economy, economics, and the interrelation with politics. That is always an important set of factors, and more so today than in many other times in our history.

But what surely looks like the murder of a woman by an ICE agent in Minneapolis and the shooting of two people by ICE in Portland demand our attention. Lots has been and will be written about all of this, but some things demand attention by us all,

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It’s a New Year. What Awaits Us?
     

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A Few items to Consider

What Kind of Year Is Upon Us?

Thanks to everyone for your patience on the day+ delay on this posting. Still working through a few technical issues but looks like we are pretty much back on line, so here we go.

Too soon to tell, of course. There continue, and in some cases increasing, worrisome things afoot, but also some promising indicators have begun showing up. We will not try to list all those possibilities, but let’s take a look at 10 events/indicators worth observing and we will see how things go from there.

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