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Is America’s Democracy in Trouble?

The antics and behavior that are coming out of the White House are disturbing on many levels, but one of the most troubling is that it feels like this country is moving toward becoming an autocratic state. A survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp during the Holocaust, architect Stephen Jacobs, said in a recent interview… Read More Is America’s Democracy in Trouble?

April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 candidobservationLeave a comment

America Has the Flu

If one of the main problems of influenza is that it attacks the body’s respiratory system, leading to pneumonia and other pulmonary issues which ultimately cause death, it would seem that America, under this president, is on life support, unable to breathe. This president and his administration  have shown us our disease and instead of… Read More America Has the Flu

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 candidobservationLeave a comment

The Ongoing Lynching of African Americans

It is interesting that, while the federal government is casting doubt on the integrity of the FBI and the Justice Department, that it still finds a way to sanction everything that local law enforcement officers do to people of color on a daily basis. It would seem that if there is no justice and no… Read More The Ongoing Lynching of African Americans

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018 candidobservationLeave a comment

Searching For My Country

            I don’t know this country anymore. It used to be that I felt safe here. I felt like this country had a government which at least had the tools for us, the people, to work for justice. I used to think that the three branches of government were the… Read More Searching For My Country

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 candidobservationLeave a comment

The President Without a Soul

Today, White House Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly spoke before cameras. He assured reporters that he was not going to quit his job and also that, as far as he knew, he was not about to be fired.               He said that what the president said about FEMA and the military  not being… Read More The President Without a Soul

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