…As democracy is perfected, the office (of the President) represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach…
Category: Editorials
How the States and SCOTUS can apply Solomon’s Judgment to Gay Marriage
First I have to establish some assumptions. The first is that the religious right believes that homosexuality is a sin. But in my lifetime I cannot recall when it was ever illegal or any Christian who thought it should be…
The Routine Acceptance of Undemocratic Assumptions by Politicians
When we think of kingship, we immediately think of an unjust king. All those who have the power of life and death over a subject people, though prefer to be called kings, are tyrants, (Cicero, 106 BC- 43 BC) What’s…