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America in Crisis Essays

Royal Family Privilege

The BBC series “A Royal British Scandal” explores Prince Andrew’s controversial 2019 interview regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and allegations from Virginia Giuffre. While the show dramatizes events, it highlights the royal family’s privileged treatment and raises questions about the absence of discussion surrounding Giuffre’s victimization amidst the media focus on the prince.

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Revision of “A Psalm For Our Time”

            In 2020, I wrote an essay that I feel is still crucial for Americans today, though our circumstances are vastly different. I titled it “A Psalm for Our Time.” I’m including it here A Psalm for Our Time “I’ve been given a book of psalms, selected and adapted from the Hebrew by Stephen Mitchell. […]

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Congress, Where Are You?

            In the midst of the furor over the president’s tariffs, Nicolle Wallace had couple of people on her MSNBC program, Deadline: White House, in which one of the guests specifically placed the responsibility of this chaos created by the tariffs upon our “do nothing” Congress. I propose you all write your representatives in the […]

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America in Crisis Election 2024 Essays

Tariffs

An explanation of what tariffs really are.

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America in Crisis Election 2024 Essays

Threat to Democracy

Inside accomplices threaten democracy.

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Liz Cheney and Rachel Maddow

Wow! This is a combination worth listening to.

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America in Crisis Essays

Democracy’s Assassins Always Have Accomplices

New York Times guest editorial by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt,
reprinted in Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sept. 2023