Our Political Future: Birth Rates Huge Effects

  This 3 minute video is possibly one of the most important we’ve done.  Why?  Because demographics and demographic trends will have a major affect on social, economic and political trends well into the foreseeable future.  Our big concern is that these trends will tend to fuel the creeping acceptance of fascism that we are Read More …

Defund the Courts: Trump’s Latest Assault on Democracy

  In Trump’s latest attack on the Constitution and our democracy he sent out his chief lieutenant Stephen Miller to suggest that the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia should be defunded by Congress.   House Speaker Mike Johnson seems to agree.  Why?  Because the DC federal district court has been enjoining/stopping Trump from Read More …

Us Versus Them

[ANALYSIS AND OPINION] I was listening to a very wise and savvy now-retired political leader talking to a group of folks who at one time or another were probably his supporters. He was discussing a hot button issue which has once again reached center stage in the political arena.  In essence, he was telling his Read More …

Musings of a Fifty-Year Graduate

[ANALYSIS and OPINION.]   As I write this, it is the 50th Anniversary of my high school graduation.  I won’t get into how Watergate compares to January 6th and/or how the Vietnam War compares to Ukraine etc.  Suffice it to say these are extremely precarious, and even dangerous, times both in terms of international relations Read More …