Too many are copacetic about nuclear weapons. That nukes have not been used since Nagasaki leads them to conclude their use is so insane they will not be used, so everything is fine. The reality is far different, and the India-Pakistan conflict may lead to the first use since Nagasaki for a simple reason: Pakistan has a declared policy of “use ‘em rather than lose ‘em” and India’s conventional military superiority could give Pakistan as few as five minutes to launch or lose their “nuclear umbrella.” During the fog of war the potential for error is great.
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In early April, I attended the Hands Off! Rally in Washington, DC. Living near the nation’s capital, I’ve always tried to engage in protests and events to support causes I believe in, often as a family with my wife and children. I fondly remember attending Barack Obama’s first inauguration, watching it on jumbotrons with thousands of others.
-Alumni, faculty, students, celebrities, faith organizations, and a popular blog site are rallying against what they call a “hostile takeover” of the nation’s top Historically Black University, Florida A&M. Adding Marva Johnson as a finalist in the presidential selection process was challenged by selection committee members but was never addressed. Johnson is the favorite of Governor Ron DeSantis. Dubbed “MAGA Marva,” the blog site Rattle Nation wrote several articles slamming her lack of university administrative experience or necessary academic credentials to manage 14 colleges and schools.
The first 100 days of President Trump’s second administration have been an unrelenting assault on civil rights, civil liberties, economic justice, the constitutional separation of powers, and the rule of law itself.
President Trump during a national televised interview asserted that pending information from his Attorney General, expressed uncertainty about his need to provide “due process”. And frankly, this assertion does not suggest that he will not uphold the Constitution. The oath taken by the President during the swearing-in to the Presidential Office is not merely a ceremonial oration. It is a binding legal oath with both legal and constitutional mandates. However, a Constitutional crisis could occur when the President loses at both a lower court and the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and defies SCOTUS’s orders.
When the storms come harder and the heat comes earlier, it does not matter who you voted for. You still have to rebuild your home. You still have to find a way to breathe clean air. You still have to keep your family safe.
“A shining city on a hill, teaming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace. Its doors open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here,” is what Reagan told the nation. Answering his question by stating that the nation (under his leadership) was more prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years prior to when he first took office.
Oddly, there is talk of investigating the 13 other members of the search committee for violating the N.D.A., or non-disclosure agreement as a criminal act. What should be examined, foremost for criminality, is the extreme qualification difference between the top three finalists and the fourth finalist. Amazingly, no other committee member has supported or backed the claims of the two vice chairmen. The Board of Governors should investigate the uneven metrics and scales that weighed a non-qualified applicant fit to advance as a presidential finalist.
The “3.5 percent rule”—identified by political scientist Erica Chenoweth—should be on the lips of every American anxious about the Trump administration’s headlong drive to replace our democracy with authoritarianism. After studying more than 300 nonviolent resistance campaigns, Chenoweth and colleagues’ research revealed a startling truth: when just 3.5 percent of a population engages in sustained, strategic civil resistance, authoritarian regimes fall.
That’s how long I’ve been here – quietly bonding with this old house, becoming it, you might say, as I clunk up the stairs every day with a cup of coffee and plop down in front of my computer.