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Irregular commentary on whatever's on my mind -- politics, sports, current events, and life in general. After twenty years of writing business and community newsletters, fifteen years of fantasy baseball newsletters, and two years of email "columns", this is, I suppose, the inevitable result: the awful conceit that someone might actually care to read what I have to say. Posts may be added often, rarely, or never again. As always, my mood and motivation are unpredictable.

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Sunday, February 12, 2017

America First? America Alone.


Here's another thought-provoker from D.W., the Old Philosopher.  Thanks, D.W.!

Will America remain a figure of global respect or influence, or will the rest of the world simply leave us behind?
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America has been separating itself from reason and the rational world since Dubya's "shock and aw-shucks: No WMD's?"  " You're with us or against us," and freedom fries.  Denial of science and xenophobia --flowing from the "top" -- are defining our national character and policies.

Now it is not a question of whether the "checks and balances" in our system will save us, but rather will the checks and balances of a new world order leave the US on the outside. 

Der Spiegel has started the discussion:





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