Watching West Virginia senator Joe Manchin’s efforts to build bipartisan support for a voting rights bill, I had a deja vu moment. This all seemed much too familiar. But when and where had I been exposed to a similar situation? Memory recall in instances like this often depends on finding a unique connection between … Read more
The title of today’s blog is the Hebrew translation of the Latin phrase “E Pluribus Unum” or in English, “Out of many, one.” The Latin version is prominently displayed on the Great Seal of the United States and most U.S. currency. Reference to “many” has always been viewed as a descriptor of the diverse American … Read more
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana/The Life of Reason (1905) Talk about your go-to phrase. I have lost count how many times over the last five and a half years I have introduced a topic with this quote. That is because it does not matter how many … Read more
Long time readers know I am a member of the cult of synchronicity, constantly looking for those connections between two or more seemingly unrelated events. Sometimes the chasm between the two are decades apart. Sometimes the venues fall within vastly different arenas. However, in today’s example, there is little space between time or venue. … Read more
It was an exceptionally good week in Florida if… …you do not believe in the First Amendment.…you think autocracy is better than democracy.…you believe in situational activism by state supreme court judges.…and most importantly, if you believe in gross hypocrisy. The week began with enactment of House Bill 1 which, as described in Thursday’s post … Read more