How Would You Feel?
What keeps some up at night transcends traditional partisan lean
Decency and Sense
Occasional essays on the theme of defending and strengthening our liberal democracy.
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Reverberations at a More Violent Level this Colorado Day
Be like Ralph Carr – stand up for our founding creed and the Constitution
Lives, Fortunes, Sacred Honor
All of us, even nobodies, can act in the spirit of Independence Day
Braver Angels, Civic Engagement, and Courage in Our Time of Testing
This past weekend (beginning Thursday June 25) Braver Angels held its biannual national convention. Among the highlights of the event was a discussion that the organization’s CEO Maury Giles conducted with the co-chairs of the Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus
FISA Reform Efforts “Transcend Red and Blue”
Occasionally principle unites political actors who are usually at odds.
Dignity, Character, and Virtue
These values are essential not only in our leaders but in ourselves.
Flag Day Reflections on “Impostures of Pretended Patriotism”
George Washington was indispensable to the launch of the American experiment as the commander of the Continental Army that won the Revolutionary War, president of the Constitutional Convention that produced our charter of freedom, and first president of the United States.
Attitudes toward the Parties in the Midst of a Rolling Coup
From time to time one encounters commentary from ordinary people to the effect that both major parties – or members of both of them – have behaved in ways that bring discredit upon themselves and alienate people who are not members of the “tribe.” It is not my intention to address that proposition directly.
Polis’s Parole Violation
In a Substack post that he published on the eve of the June 1 release of Tina Peters, Gov.
Truth, Accuracy, and Polis’s Preemptive Clemency Toward Peters
We must do better
Avowed “MAGA-loving Conservative” Jeff Hunt Gerrymandered Truth
Honest people ought hold such liars to account