United States foreign policy at year’s end
Mainstream media articles about U. S foreign policy as the year draws to a close come fast and perhaps more furious than we expected as we prepare for New Year’s.
Monthly Archives: December 2016
Domestic politics at year’s end
Democratic leadership learns the wages of pride Read: https://t.co/JxBtwj1KrT — Steven Greffenius (@sgreffenius) December 24, 2016 Time for an amicable …
Significance of Christmas
December 25 we celebrate Jesus birthday. No one who meant anything while he lived celebrated that anniversary. They genuinely wished …
Democratic leadership learns the wages of pride
Senate Democrats say they plan to mount a campaign of resistance against president-elect Trump’s cabinet appointees. Here’s a simple question …
“What are you reading?”
I ran across an article recently that said we should ask each other more often, “What are you reading?” We …
Addicts are derelicts and criminals: where did that come from?
The subtitle in the article below refers to “addict parents”, as in “He’s an addict,” or, “She’s an addict.” Drug …
Newtown anniversary
Yesterday, December 14, was the fourth anniversary of the mass casualty event, as authorities call such things, in Newtown, Connecticut.
How to win convincingly
Here’s a great video about running, with a simple message about success as we look ahead to the New Year: …
Strongmen in America’s political culture
Our public school history books tend to recognize our presidents through a filter that favors strongmen: the stronger the better.
The hypocritical path
Why would Secretary Clinton deliver a speech about Internet freedom on the world stage in the Hague? Why would she waste her time?
The Battle at Standing Rock
Click below to view this recording: https://www.theatlantic.com/video/iframe/507728/
The Jeffersonian 