What a relief! After almost two years of the Trump regime dismantling democracy and the rule of law and his henchman Stephen Miller sending the ICE goons out to kidnap, imprison, and kill immigrants and citizens, voters flipped the U.S. House and Senate to the Democrats in a “Blue Tsunami” during the mid-term elections. Because Americans re-elected Trump in 2024 after a disastrous first term, I really kept my expectations low for this election. Hubby…
This is the ninth and final installment in the short blog series, Cleanup on Aisle 47, which is meant to present ideas on rebuilding and strengthening U.S. democracy. With the Cleanup on Aisle 47 series, I wanted to share ideas for rebuilding, improving and strengthening democracy in the United States. I’ve covered the following broad areas: 1) An overview of some of what has gone wrong in the country that has been deliberately caused by…
This is the eighth installment in the short blog series, Cleanup on Aisle 47, which is meant to present ideas on rebuilding and strengthening U.S. democracy. Wealth Inequality in the U.S. – Pre-Civil War, Gilded Age, Roaring Twenties, and Today Every time there is a breakdown in American society, there’s been a vast wealth imbalance behind it. A relatively small cadre of individuals decides they must horde all the wealth and resources and treat everyone…