The Framers of the Constitution created a government that was flawed. The greatest flaw was its protection of slavery. [FN1] As many as 25 of the delegates to the 1787 Philadelphia convention claimed ownership of human beings. [FN2] Only Civil War brought abolition. 1/10

Today millions of people will take to the streets across the United States, and around the globe, in “No Kings” protests as our country is being taken over by authoritarianism. Some stress that “labels” do not win…

Our country is in turmoil. trump exacts revenge against those who displease him. When Nixon tried to do the same thing, he had to quit before he could be impeached and convicted. Next weekend, millions will protest on “No Kings.” Our military leaders are quiet. 1/24

This weekend, we could see events in this country similar to the Berlin Wall falling. This essay attempts to answer three questions:

I. How the hell did we get here?

II. Where the hell is “here”?

III. How the…

Sec’y of Defense Hegseth announced on 10/10/25: “Today we’re signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatar Emiri Air Force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho.” [FN1] A foreign power builds a military base on the soil of another country to use that base militarily, 1/5

something the United States has done frequently. To build a base is different from having planes from another country use one of our bases, such as “Singapore’s air force F-15SG fighter jets” as a different…

1) As reported by Judd Legum at Popular Information, by “Presidential Memorandum” of 10/6/25, trump okayed:

a) building a road 211 miles long through Alaska wilderness to mine “valuable minerals located in the Ambler Mining District”; and

b) U.S. purchase of a 10% stake in Trilogy Metals, a business involved. [FN1] 1/9

2) As Legum notes further: “The entire value of Trilogy Metals”, based in Canada, “is tied to the Ambler Mining District project because it has no other…