Monthly Archives: November 2016

It is an interesting contrast in civility and governance that our two parties offer. For example, Dick Durbin, the 2nd ranking Democrat in the senate says he hopes the office makes the man, and Trump can be a good president. … Continue reading →

JP said, "with the Republicans controlling everything, they will only have themselves to blame when their policies don’t magically make everything better." We can say that blaming does nothing. It was blame that Trump falsely foisted on Hillary for her … Continue reading →

​​David​ ​Hume’s quotation,​ ​from a famous passage discussing the "motivating influence of the will" in his Treatise on Human Nature and reads in full: "Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend … Continue reading →

I am shocked, in mourning for our nation. There is no reason to expect this president elect can govern. We cannot expect this man to shed his racist, misogynist, immature, vindictive and invented reality ways. I could go on, (and … Continue reading →

This election has made me crazy (everyone must decide for themselves if they are included in the “this election has made everyone crazy” group). I write to apologize to my conservative friends, family, colleagues, strangers who I have had conversations … Continue reading →