Month: January 2019

Justice - statue with scales
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Recently Noted – John Thompson and Justice – Prosecution With No Recourse

January 26, 2019 Comments Off on Recently Noted – John Thompson and Justice – Prosecution With No Recourse
It is not often that one can make a judgement that is nearly absolute in its accuracy. Most things in life are complicated, complicated by circumstance, money, class, family, just plain errors in judgement, execution, and on… But, when it comes to the American justice system you come face to --->> read more -->>
Baby shouting to her friend
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Rethinking AmericanDelusions

January 15, 2019 Comments Off on Rethinking AmericanDelusions
Recent conversations about AmericanDelusions (AD) has brought me around to new thinking about the organizing principles of AD and how to make the content more useful and accessible. What are the underlying ideas of American life? So, exactly what do I mean by referring to “delusions”? As noted in the --->> read more -->>
Boss Tweed on controlling nominating process
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Political Inequality – the other inequality

January 15, 2019 Comments Off on Political Inequality – the other inequality
There has been focus on wealth and income inequality for years. It is a pressing problem for more than 80% of the US population. But there is an other inequality, political inequality, that is at the heart of the more talked about inequality. In 2013 Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig provided --->> read more -->>