Simplified Complex Issues

Trump’s closing of USAID agency has stopped the delivery of tangible contraceptives. This could reverse declining birth rates in many countries. Do we want other nations to increase populations – especially those aid-dependent nations in African, Asian and the middle east? If the Fed refuses to drastically lower the interest rates as Trump wishes and …

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Moment Charnière

The French have a term to depict, to designate, a hinge moment – a turning point in history: Moment Charnière. Some such decisive/earth-shattering incidents that come to mind: Bestowing the Ten Commandments, the birth of Jesus, and more recently the dropping of atomic bombs that decimated Japanese cities.

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Best For Who?

The Great Depression and WWII found us rallying behind FDR’s 3,728 executive orders. By 1945, militarily and economically, we were the strongest of all nations. Our smugness generated an 80-year liberal mindset that fostered the belief: What’s Best for Other Nations is Best of Us. Five factors followed:

Our Federal Court

The U.S. Supreme Court hears appeals from the Circuit Courts. There is no requirement that the Supreme Court must hear all or any cases. The reality of this selectivity is due to an overload of cases and sometimes for political reasons.