I had the fortune to be born during the administration of one of the great American Presidents of the twentieth century, Harry Truman. He serves as the inspiration for this site’s title and some of its content. What the reader can expect when they visit this web site is, at a minimum, a daily posting on a topic of political importance based on the truth and, almost without exception, a progressive viewpoint. Continue reading
Over the last few days the Republican men displayed the same disregard for science, ignorance of women’s bodies, distain for women, simple stupidity, political ineptness or some or all of the preceding. What did change is that the Tea Party picked its new princess. Continue reading
With the radical regression in Raleigh and the scandals – real and imagined – in Washington much of everything else political has flown under the radar. That has not deterred Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his band of Tea Party/Republicans from wreaking havoc in Madison. Continue reading
Ever notice that most children are much better behaved in the days preceding Christmas? Think back to your youth and I bet you can say the same of yourself. That is because you believed that Santa Claus was coming and if you were bad you were not going to get that present you wanted. Well Congress would be much more effective, the Tea Party would to some degree be neutralized and America would run smoother if Congressional leaders –particularly Speaker John Boehner – were allowed to play Santa. Continue reading
There is a tricky thing about ultimatums; sometimes the other party calls your bluff. In August President Obama drew a line with regards to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria when he said, “…that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.” Thursday afternoon American intelligence sources were in fact able to confirm that was the case and the President was forced to take action. Continue reading
Thursday evening I was literally in the process of clipping my BlackBerry onto my belt when it went off with an e-mail informing me that the meeting to which I was headed was cancelled due to weather. It’s June in North Carolina we are not dealing with a snowstorm, flood, tornado or hurricane – I have lived through all of them. A few minutes later the storm hit my part of the county. It consisted of a few minutes of high wind followed by a few minutes of light rain that would not have necessitated the players coming off the field in a baseball game. I lost power for seven hours. Continue reading
Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would compromise your principles to obtain it? De jure North Carolina Republican Governor Pat McCrory did. In 2008 he narrowly lost the gubernatorial race to Bev Perdue, so for the 2012 race this former moderate Republican Charlotte mayor remained in sheep’s clothing only to transform into a wolf once in the office he coveted. Continue reading
In 2009 the then Democratic controlled North Carolina General Assembly passed the Racial Justice Act and then Governor Bev Perdue (D) signed it into law. In an earlier legislative session the now Republican controlled General Assembly passed legislation gutting the act. Now with the backing of de jure Republican Governor Pat McCrory in the next few days it will be no more. Continue reading
Today I would like to advance a theory of mine. I assert that there is a continuum of political thought which ranges from the extreme left to the extreme right. I like to break it down into seven classifications, similar to the way sociologist break class down into nine classifications. They are, (from left to right), extreme left, far left, left, center, right, far right and extreme right. If we were to plot the distribution of the voting age population it would resemble a flattened bell curve. The polarization of the two major American political parties has left all Americans without a choice and many unrepresented. Continue reading
Perhaps I’m just getting old and my age is showing a bit but something has been bothering me for a while and Sunday’s breaking news brought it to a head. Continue reading
