Thoughts on the survey from Rep. Adam Smith
I got constituent email from Rep. Adam Smith that included a link to a survey about what issues are important to me as a constituent. The survey page asks “What issues matter most to...
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The Scale of the Universe of Money
Military budget of the United States Tuition-Free College Could Cost Less Than You Think Fortune 500 Companies Hold a Record $2.6 Trillion Offshore ‘Eye-Popping’: Analysis Shows Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion in Wealth Since...
Free Stuff: Part 1
The Pentagon Budget ($700 billion) is about nine times the cost of college tuition for all students ($79 billion)” (source).
A roadmap to the successful removal of Trump
How impeachment needs to be handled in today’s political climate Comments on There Are Two Separate Impeachment Hearings Happening Right Now — And Republicans Are Winning Theirs Facts barely matter anymore. What matters is...
Response to Yoni Appelbaum’s article in the Atlantic, How America Ends
At its start, this article Yoni Appelbaum’s How America Ends bends over backwards to create a false equivalency between right and left extremists in terms of the use of violence. (If it weren’t for...
On the Bolivian Coup
What do you think of a country obsessed with hearings to impeach a dishonest president for using his office for his own political (and monetary) gain and for blackmailing another country’s leaders to enable...
Report on Rep. Suzan DelBene’s town hall on Nov 9, 2019
On Saturday, U.S. Represenative Suzan DelBene and State Senator David Frockt partipated in a town hall meeting in Kenmore, WA. Executive summary: Her responses were all pretty moderate. She opposes Trump and supports the...
How to pay for transportation in Washington State
Washington State voters have approved an initiative, I-976, that will lower car tab fees and thereby deprive the state of funding for transportation projects. See ‘The ship’s going down’: After I-976, Washington officials fear...
How Repubs and evangelicals are smarter than Dems and progressives
Progressives and Democrats like to look down on conservatives, including evangelicals. But the facts suggest that it’s the progressives and Democrats who aren’t so smart. Trump campaigned strenuously in the swing states, unlike Hillary,...
Book review of Senator Ben Sasse’s Them: Why we hate each other and how to heal
Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska is considered a moderate Republican. He opposed Trump’s nomination and has continued to criticize the President, calling him “a megalomaniac strongman.”  Sasse’s opposition to Trump has led to...