Values In A Time Of Chaos
September 18, 2025
Charlie Kirk, Insurrection Act of 1827, martial law, Pearl Harbor, Publilius Syrus, Republicans fail to legislate, Supreme Court expands Presidential power, tension between High Court and Lower courts, the shadow docket, the three branches of government, values vs. law10 Comments
The murder of Charlie Kirk sparked a debate on Facebook when a woman admitted that she would shed no tears over his loss. Many who commented agreed with her, but one person pleaded that the world needed more empathy. The remark appealed to my better angels, and I wondered about the f
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February 06, 2025
AOC, assault on Constitutional safeguards, BRICS, dcline in support for democracy, Donald Trump, Greenland takeover, Insider trading in Congress, martial law, Michael Beckley, Nancy Pelosi, Nvidia, Panama Canal takeover, petrodollar, presidential immunity, Tariff against Spain, tariffs, threats to 2026 election, Trump's malitia, U.S. history in Latin America
Patriotism is out of favor these days, dropping from 70% support in 2000 to 38% today. (“The Strange Triumph of a Broken America,” by Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb. 2025, pg. 50.) Because we choose our leaders in a democracy, the decline says the voters are unhappy
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